Black IssuesHomeTheView from TopekaTheView from TopekaBy Kendra HamiltonIt’s a little-known fact, but, 50 years ago, the junior high and high schools of Topeka, Kan., were integrated — though in name only. Fear was the order of the day at the high school, where an African American assistant superintendent by the name of Harrison Caldwell roamed the halls as […]May 19, 2004HomeIn Print: The Unfinished Agenda of BrownIn Print: The Unfinished Agenda of Brown Fifty years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, key questions remain. Was the promise of Brown realized — and if not, why? What real gains have been made and what losses sustained as a result of the decision? What has been its impact socially, culturally, […]May 19, 2004HomeThe Scholar-Activists of BrownThe Scholar-Activists of BrownScholars reflect on the intellectual contributions to the historic desegregation case When asked by Thurgood Marshall during the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case to join a team of scholars to answer questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court about the intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, […]May 19, 2004HomeMorgan State Partnership To Open Doors for Students In Environmental SciencesMorgan State Partnership To Open Doors for Students In Environmental SciencesBALTIMOREThe Academy of Natural Sciences, Morgan State University and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum have announced the establishment of a relationship that incorporates the academy’s Estuarine Research Center operations into the university’s current programs, including the Ph.D. program in bio-environmental sciences. The Estuarine Research Center, […]May 19, 2004HBCUsN.C. Conference on Liberia Offers Ways to Bring Economic StabilityN.C. Conference on Liberia Offers Ways to Bring Economic StabilityDURHAM, N.C.The Liberian Studies Association conference held at North Carolina Central University recently brought together more than 100 scholars, students and concerned Liberians who want to see a stable government and thriving economy become a reality in Liberia. Eward Lama Wonkeryor was radio manager at the […]May 19, 2004HomeEducation Group Puts Spotlight on Dropout Prevention ProgramsEducation Group Puts Spotlight on Dropout Prevention ProgramsBOSTONTaking aim at the “hidden, national crisis” that consigns nearly five million out-of-school and unemployed young adults to a future locked out of education and family-supporting jobs, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a Boston-based education advocacy group, has called on policy-makers and educators around the country to get […]May 19, 2004Faculty & StaffHBCUs Work to Diversify Aviation FieldHBCUs Work to Diversify Aviation FieldHAMPTON, VA. Less than 2 percent of the nation’s 75,000 working commercial pilots are minorities, according to a report by the Organization of Black Airline Pilots, and women accounted for only 4 percent of pilots during 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration reports.To combat this disparity, five historically Black colleges — […]May 19, 2004HomeSickle Cell Sufferers Living Longer, Dying Less From DiseaseSickle Cell Sufferers Living Longer, Dying Less From DiseaseDALLASChildren with sickle cell disease — an inherited red blood-cell disorder — are living longer, dying less often from their disease and contracting fewer fatal infections than ever before, according to researchers at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Their study, which will appear in […]May 19, 2004HomeSen. Clinton Accuses Bush of ‘Walking Away’ From Goals of BrownSen. Clinton Accuses Bush of ‘Walking Away’ From Goals of BrownDETROIT The Bush administration has abandoned the hopes for progress created by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling declaring racial segregation illegal in public schools, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says. The New York Democrat told an NAACP fund-raising dinner in April that President Bush […]May 19, 2004Leadership & PolicyBethune-Cookman Names New President — AgainBethune-Cookman Names New President — AgainDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Bethune-Cookman College (B-CC) has tapped the sitting president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., as its new president. Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed is expected to begin her duties July 1, according to Dr. J. Stanley Marshall, chairman of the B-CC board of trustees. The board voted […]May 19, 2004Previous PagePage 76 of 431Next Page
