Elias A. Diggins, Criminal Justice ‘99 (40th Anniversary submission)

I started at Metro in 1991 right out of Montbello High School. Back then, the Student Union was in the current Plaza Building. Most of the African-American students used to gather there in the daytime in a section we dubbed “Little Africa”. We would socialize, talk politics and occasionally have a dominoe game going on between classes. I still remember Ashara Ekundayo and Ashano Muhammad coming in to “drop a little knowledge” to all of us “young people”. Ahhh, back in the day!!!