In Honor of Baba Jake – Worrill’s World

Since the transition of our beloved Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr., several significant events have taken place to keep his contributions and his memory alive. The first occurred on November 18, 2004, when, upon the recommendation of Northeastern Illinois University President, Salme Harju Steinberg, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to rename the Center for Inner City Studies in honor of our great intellectual warrior, the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies. The community came together on January 18, 2005 to publicly acknowledge this renaming project at a community tribute and ribbon cutting ceremony.

The third and fourth events will compliment each other and will occur in February, around Dr. Carruthers’ birthday. The Chicago Council on Black Studies hosts a lecture in commemoration of Baba Jake’s birthday each year on his birthday, February 15th. This year, the lecture will take place on a Friday, February, 2008 in the Kemetic Institute Suite at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, 700 East Oakwood Boulevard from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The keynote speaker for this event will be Mrs. Ifé Carruthers.