For our next #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight, we’re going to bring it back to the UM-Flint community and recognize our first African-American chancellor, Dr. Clinton B. Jones. "Sometimes when you're in the midst of change, you don't realize how much change has occurred," Jones said. Coming from his upbringing in Collinston, Louisiana and graduating high school during the beginnings of the civil rights movement in 1955, Dr. Jones was always willing to push the envelope. After being unceremoniously escorted off of the University of Houston campus, he returned two decades later as the vice chancellor for the school (one that was predominantly white). He first came to Flint in 1984 and retired as chancellor in 1993. To celebrate his life and accomplishments, the coffee shop on the third floor of the UCEN bears his name: Clint’s Cafe. #sgumflint #umflint #blackhistorymonth2023 #goblue〽️