James Michael Brodie

James Michael Brodie (Engl’83) is president of The Black and Gold Project Foundation, a group of CU Boulder alumni that supports increasing the percentage of African American students, faculty and
administration at the university. On June 25, James and the foundation celebrated the 40-year career of professor William King. William began teaching Black Studies at CU in 1972 and went on to become the director of the Black Studies program. He also was a founding member of the National Council for Black Studies and eventually served as its national chairman. At the luncheon, Gary Jackson (PolSci’67; Law’70), retired senior judge of the Denver County Court and former Denver district attorney, spoke and said, “(Dr. King) was more than a legacy. He was a role model that all of us in this room could pattern our lives after.”