Her Truth and Service: Lucy Diggs Slowe in Her Own Words
June 9, 2025
by Amy Yeboah Quarkume
"The name Lucy translates to “light” in Latin–a namesake carried by Howard alumna Lucy Diggs Slowe who changed the world.
It is simply the life that she lived: pouring into women as the first Dean of Women for Howard University and the first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; establishing the Shaw Junior High School; and teaching at Douglass High School in Baltimore.
Amy Y. Quarkume’s book, “Her Truth and Service,” is a new collection of Slowe’s letters, essays, and speeches exploring the journey of building paths for Black women in higher education."
Read more about the book in this article from The Dig.
Find the book here.