- Title Information
- Title
- Javette Damorra Pinkney, class of 1980
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Javette Damorra Pinkney Laremont, class of 1980
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Pinkney, Javette Damorra
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Byrd, Derria Monique
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1994-11-05
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- In this interview, Laremont begins by explaining the academic initiative and activist spirit that brought her to Brown. There, she fondly remembers a “feeling of community” and campus dating, in spite of instances of racism. She describes her involvement in a number of campus activities and social groups; spearheading the College Venture Program; why her Brown experience was unique; her work at the Black Heritage Society; the shared black experience and moral obligation to teach men to respect women. She goes on to discuss what Brown taught her about women in leadership; the difficulties and ramifications of financial aid; Brown’s commitment to maintaining diversity; tensions with the BDH; and, finally, her greatest takeaways from the university and her trajectory after graduation.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1980
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- Javette Laremont graduated from Brown in 1980, with a degree in English. After graduation, she took a marketing position at IBM, where she went on to become Director. With sponsorship from IBM, Laremont received marketing certification from the Wharton School and has since worked as General Sales Manager and Director of Marketing at a number of prominent companies. Today, she also serves as a Trustee Emerita and Chair of Brown University President\u2019s Diversity Advisory Council, making her the first black woman to head an Ivy League Alumni Board.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1980s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Activism
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Administration
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Brown Daily Herald
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dating
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dormitories
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Employment
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Minority students
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Race relations
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Student activities
- Genre (aat)
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- oral histories (literary works)