Then and Now: Challenging Perceptions

It has been said that brilliant minds will often veer off into territories unexplored by individuals uncomfortable with challenging theories established in status quo mentality. That was clearly evident for the late AM&N College (now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff) Professor, Dr. George G.M. James. He joined the faculty in the fall of 1950 and taught courses in social sciences, mathematics and philosophy.

A prolific writer and distinguished educator, James wrote and published his controversial and groundbreaking book, The Stolen Legacy, during his tenure at AM&N College in 1954. In his book, James laid the framework for African American intellectual thinkers to question long held beliefs amongst western academics of the authorship of Greek Philosophy.