Black Issues

Community Colleges

Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black HistoryA look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month.• Alamo Community College District, San Antonio College, TexasLecture: Special guests: Brown sisters from Brown v. Board of Education (1954).Panel: “Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Today?”; “Is There Equality in Education?”• Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.African Drum Ensemble: Delightful […]

February 11, 2004

To Be Black, Gifted and Red

To Be Black, Gifted and RedCold War period yields new, provocative ground for contemporary scholarsBy Crystal L. KeelsToday’s climate of supercharged patriotism and apparent intolerance for comment or critique calls to mind an earlier period of U.S. history. The Cold War that began in the mid- to late-1940s, along with McCarthyism and the anti-communist movement […]

February 11, 2004

African-American

Telling the Untold Story

Telling the Untold StoryPlans for three new African American museums are under way, signaling a growing interest in Black history, culture. But is it too much of a good thing?By Kendra Hamiltonuestion: What do Washington, D.C., Fredericksburg, Va., and Charleston, S.C., have in common? Answer: Each city will, in the next three to five years, […]

February 11, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Bethune-Cookman Renews Search

Bethune-Cookman Renews Search For President After Talks FailDAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Contract negotiations with the woman selected to become Bethune-Cookman College’s new president have been abandoned, school officials said recently. The college will renew its search to replace retiring President Oswald P. Bronson after the school could not agree to terms with Gloria Bromell-Tinubu, spokeswoman Catherine Kershaw […]

February 11, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering Faculties

Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering FacultiesWASHINGTONSeveral decades after the passage of Title IX, the law that promises equal opportunity for women in all aspects of federally funded education programs, women are still severely underrepresented on science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculties and exist primarily at the lowest professorial ranking, according to a report released […]

February 11, 2004

Library of Congress Announces Online Release of Hurston Plays

Library of Congress Announces Online Release of Hurston PlaysWASHINGTONThe Library of Congress announced the online release of the Zora Neale Hurston plays available on the American Memory Web site at: .The Zora Neale Huston Plays collection at the Library of Congress presents a selection of 10 plays written by Hurston, an author, anthropologist and folklorist. […]

February 11, 2004

University President Confident of Meeting Bill Cosby Challenge

University President Confident of Meeting Bill Cosby ChallengeWILBERFORCE, OhioCentral State University officials are confident they will meet a challenge from comedian Bill Cosby to raise $750,000 for scholarships in exchange for a benefit performance. Cosby challenged officials at the historically Black university during a campus visit in September. He asked Central State President John Garland […]

February 11, 2004

Seafood Chain’s ‘Tom Joyner Platter’ to Raise Funds for HBCUs

Seafood Chain’s ‘Tom Joyner Platter’ to Raise Funds for HBCUsLOUISVILLE, Ky.Long John Silver’s Inc. has partnered with the Tom Joyner Foundation to raise much-needed funding for historically Black colleges and universities. Throughout 2004, Long John Silver’s will donate a portion of the proceeds from each “Tom Joyner Platter” to the foundation, which works aggressively to […]

February 11, 2004

Report: N.J. Black

Report: N.J. Black Students More Likely to Be Classified as Mentally RetardedTRENTON, N.J. A national education report released recently found that Black students in New Jersey are 3.6 times more likely to be classified as mentally retarded than White students. That rate is higher than any other state. But while there is great disparity between […]

February 11, 2004

Cancer More Likely to Recur in Blacks

Cancer More Likely to Recur in Blacks Treated for Head, Neck Cancer GAINESVILLE, Fla.Black people treated for head and neck cancer have double the risk of cancer recurring elsewhere in the body and thus are far more likely to die within five years than White patients who received the same treatment for the same type […]

February 11, 2004

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