Wealth Academy Podcast - Episode #16 Dr. Askia Davis Shares Expertise on Navigating Inequality, Racism, and Social Injustice

During this episode of Wealth Academy Podcast, Paul Lawrence Vann
interviews Dr. Askia Davis. Dr. Davis shares his experience
 which consists of when he was age 18,  and a leader of
the black student movement at Brooklyn College, he
led protests and helped achieve open admissions which
ultimately led to the enrollment and graduation of tens of
thousands of Black and Puerto Rican students. Askia Davis was
arrested during the college protests and he faced 228 years in
prison until Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm got the charges
dropped against him and his 18 classmates. Askia Davis became a
counselor following graduation.


Today, Dr. Askia Davis is a social entrepreneur dedicated to
propelling Nigeria's social development enterprises and
institutions to global leadership and enhancing a culture of
volunteerism and philanthropy across Nigeria.


Born in rural Georgia in 1950. At age five he picked cotton with
no shoes on my feet. Askia Davis' family had a strong belief in
education so all of his 12 siblings entered school having learned
how to read well at ages 3 & 4 after having been taught by
the oldest among them. Askia Davis' family joined the great
migration to NYC at age 15. At age 16 lived in his own apartment
in NYC after his oldest brother was drafted during the Vietnam
war. 


Askia Davis graduated valedictorian from a predominantly White
Brooklyn High School after attending a segregated underfunded
school in GA. After Congresswoman Chisolm helped Askia get his
charges dropped and he was released, he went on to become Senior
Assistant to three consecutive NYC Schools Chancellors
responsible for primary educational initiatives. 


Years later Askia Davis became the Superintendents of schools in
Harlem and was responsible for 100K students in the Bronx section
of NYC. Askia Davis earned a Doctor of Education graduate at
Columbia U. at age 32 while writing his dissertation for his
department. Dr. Davis built a consultancy focusing on leadership
and innovation in businesses and international corporations. He
co-authored a book with his 18-year-old son, it is a dual memoir
focusing on contrasting his coming of age in the Black Power
Movement, Black Is Beautiful Generation, and his son's coming of
age in the Hip Hop Generation.