… American and Black students in transferring to four-year colleges and universities and earning their degrees. We hope that students will see an increase in their potential for academic success through forming lifelong friendships, attending … artists and spiritual leaders. Umoja sees individuals like Phyllis Wheatley, David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells Barnett, Robert Johnson, W.E.B. Dubois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Alan Locke, Thelonious Monk, Malcolm X, Romaire … in the spirit of dual commitment-" I commit to you, you commit to me." When we embrace our posit ion, Umoja becomes more than a program; it is a privilege that will be leveraged, a power base from which action and commitment to success for …