According to its website, the Black Men’s Research Institute’s (BMRI) will foster the study of economic, social and cultural issues affecting Black men.
Dr. Derrick Bryan, the associate director of the BMRI, and Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris, the chair of the Humanities Division and a professor of Africana Studies at Morehouse College, were guests on Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
They talked with program host Rose Scott about the creation of the institute and its efforts to serve and prepare Black men and the overall importance of not looking at Black men from a deficit model — but rather learn from their abilities to overcome and thrive.
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