Perrin Kennedy Columbia HBCU Fellow 2020 | M.S. in Nonprofit Management - Fisk University In the News Black History is American History Perrin Kennedy, a Nonprofit Management student at Columbia, reflects on why we need more than one month of Black history. Let's Be Honest! They Didn’t Care about Racial Justice Until it was Popular True change in the modern civil rights movement starts with grassroots organizations and structured ideals.