B.Michael loved him some Stephanie Mills. Full stop.
Curious if the song, “His Name is Michael,” was among his favorites.
If anyone reading knows the story of when or how he acquired Ms. Mills’ autograph on this album, please share it with us here!
While at Northeastern, he was involved with, and helped organize, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA).
One cultural artifact from that time period, the plaque below, remained in his files for safekeeping. It did, however, find its way to Peter Alexander — one of that year’s formidable advocates, who remembers Bert from Moot Court — in 2020.
B.Michael would have taken a well-deserved TGIF break from law school to attend this gorgeous performance at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music.
1983B04-black-musicians-their-musicDid you attend this performance? Were you an artist on the bill? Were you B.Michael’s date for the evening? What is the impact on you of reading this program? Would love to hear your reflections here!
And so it begins:
18981A14-northeastern-acknow-of-rectB.Michael’s classes during his very first quarter.
1981-fall-Q-class-skedFirst page of notes from three of B.Michael’s courses: Corporations (Summer 1983), Immigration Law and Administrative Law (Fall 1983).
1983F05-corporationsThis additional page from his Corporations class contains a doodle! So very rare in any of B.Michael’s law school notebooks. Curious what he may have been wanting to “remember” in that moment, and to what “a little piece of life” refers. Perhaps a commentary on there being more to life than Ford Motor Company, or Corporations, or law school?
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