Black IssuesHomeUnity Mural Gets New LifeUnity Mural Gets New LifeSan Francisco City College Discovers New Lessons in Valuable Campus Mural SAN FRANCISCO — College officials say they can’t believe it was at one point almost forgotten, an important work of art packed away in crates and placed in some out-of-the-way nook or cranny here at one of the nation’s largest […]November 10, 1999HomeRessurecting the Thurman Legacy for the Next MillenniumRessurecting the Thurman Legacy for the Next MillenniumAt the entrance to Morehouse College, stand two monuments to two giants of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Howard Thurman.King’s legacy looms large in the nation’s memory. But while Thurman was a confidant to King and is widely considered to be the […]November 10, 1999HomePutting Oklahoma in ContextPutting Oklahoma in ContextThe great risk as the backlash to affirmative action continues is that schools will decide to give up their goals of racial diversity, not that they will be forced to do so. They may retreat prematurely, in some instances without much regret for programs they had adopted begrudgingly, even though the consensus […]November 10, 1999HomeOklahoma’s Adams LegacyOklahoma’s Adams LegacyFor decades, like many southern states, Olahoma maintained a segregated higher education system that restricted Blacks to attending one public institution while Whites could attend several others. For undergraduate education, Langston University,was and still is Oklahoma’s only public historically Black institution. State Rep. Opio Toure (D-Oklahoma City), who is a Langston University graduate, […]November 10, 1999StudentsFighting for Scholarships in OklahomaFighting for Scholarships in OklahomaFearing that the federal district court in Oklahoma City might shut down a state-financed merit scholarship program targeted by a discrimination lawsuit, Oklahoma State Rep. Opio Toure (D-Oklahoma City) and other Black Democratic legislators got a bill passed last spring to make the program race and gender neutral. Toure’s and his […]November 10, 1999Leadership & PolicyTech BriefsProfessor Urges Students to Beware Hate Sites on the InternetDETROIT — A Wayne State University communications professor and Holocaust survivor considers the Internet an increasingly used, effective marketing tool by hate groups.“The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to hate,” Jack Kay, also an associate provost at the school, said last month while […]November 10, 1999HomePlaying Internet Catch-UpPlaying Internet Catch-UpGovernment’s Dated Count of Internet Users can be ‘Potentially Misleading’WASHINGTON — The government announced recently that 57 million Americans logged onto the Internet — in 1997. But among the lightning-fast changes in the online world, how useful is that? Census analyst Eric Newburger acknowledges the government’s newest official figures are dated. But he […]November 10, 1999StudentsExpanding The Top TierExpanding The Top Tier College Board calls for ‘affirmative development’ to enlarge pool of high-achieving students of colorNEW YORK — Although considerable national efforts have been directed at bringing poor students and students of color up to minimal standards academically, little effort has been focused towards ensuring that African American, Latino, and Native American children […]November 10, 1999Leadership & PolicyU.S. Med Schools Report Lowest Minority Application Rate in Seven YearsU.S. Med Schools Report Lowest Minority Application Rate in Seven YearsWASHINGTON — The percentage of underrepresented people of color applying to medical school has fallen to its lowest level in seven years, according to a report released last month by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). At their annual meeting here on Oct. 26, […]November 10, 1999StudentsBI What’s NewThe University of Missouri-Columbia has instituted a new Minority Biomedical Researchers Training Initiative designed to recruit and train underrepresented minority graduate students as researchers. The initiative is being funded by a four-year, $1.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The program will provide fellowships for 20 non-degree graduate students, 20 graduate research assistants and […]November 10, 1999Previous PagePage 409 of 431Next Page
