February 8, 2018
J. Henry “Hank” Ambrose, NPCA Board Chair, Reflects on his Peace Corps journey
In celebration of Black History Month, we asked NPCA Board of Directors Chair, J. Henry “Hank” Ambrose, to reflect on his Peace Corps journey. Hank entered Emory University in the fall of 1965, after graduating from a segregated high school in Memphis, Tennessee. The first in his family to attend university, Hank expected it to be a different world, but not in the ways he encountered. Active in high school, he was eager to get involved on campus. However, he immediately faced resistance. He was blackballed, as were other men of color, from “rushing” a fraternity. Not thwarted, he pursued...