Alumna Tells Stories With Vintage Clothes at the Black Citizens Brigade
November 22, 2023
November 22, 2023
SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
Cjala Surratt '22 in her shop, Black Citizens Brigade. Photos by Hope Alvarez
On a recent trip to visit extended family, Cjala Surratt '22, founder of the Black Citizens Brigade, was presented with a gift--her late grandmother's boiler room jacket. Surratt's grandmother had been a ship-fitter in Norfolk, Virginia, and the clothing item had been a welcome surprise for Surratt, a vintage clothin . . .
Cjala Surratt '22 in her shop, Black Citizens Brigade. Photos by Hope Alvarez
On a recent trip to visit extended family, Cjala Surratt '22, founder of the Black Citizens Brigade, was presented with a gift--her late grandmother's boiler room jacket. Surratt's grandmother had been a ship-fitter in Norfolk, Virginia, and the clothing item had been a welcome surprise for Surratt, a vintage clothin . . .