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诺埃尔, the first African American elected to the 丹佛 Public School Board and the first African American woman to serve in an elected office in Colorado, chaired the then-college’s African American Studies Department from 1971 through 1980. Upon her retirement, the University created the 瑞秋B. 诺埃尔 Distinguished 访问ing Professorship to honor her legacy.
诺埃尔 first gained local acclaim when, in 1968, she presented the DPS board with the 诺埃尔 Resolution, which asked the superintendent to develop a plan to integrate 丹佛’s public schools. Under a cloud of threats to 诺埃尔 and her family, the resolution passed in 1970. Her reputation as a civil rights lion grew with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 landmark decision, Keyes v. 丹佛 School District No. 1, making 丹佛 the first city outside the American South to receive instructions by the country’s highest court to address segregation with school busing. 诺埃尔 passed away in 2008 at the age of 90.
密歇根州立大学丹佛 created the 诺埃尔 professorship to celebrate and foster the courageous commitment to multiculturalism, diversity and education that defined her years at the institution. Through the professorship, 学生, faculty and the greater 丹佛 community have learned from renowned scholars and artists of distinction, 谁来上课, 研讨会, performances and lectures.
多年来, 诺埃尔 Distinguished Professors have included such luminaries as Princeton professor Cornel West; pianist Billy Taylor; former President of Spelman College Johnetta Cole; the late actor and civil rights activist Ossie Davis; Fisk University Center for International Studies Director Naomi Tutu; University of Maryland, Baltimore County President Freeman A. Hrabowski III; and in 2015, transgender activist and author Janet Mock.