Associated PressLeadership & PolicyLouisiana’s Historically Black University System Nearing Selection of New LeaderAiming to choose a new leader by mid-April, the Southern University system presidential search committee co-chairmen said they plan to narrow a field of 13 candidates this week and begin interviews this monthMarch 1, 2010African-AmericanObama Signs Black College Executive OrderPresident Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.February 28, 2010StudentsEx-Obama Adviser Will Become Princeton FellowPresident Barack Obama’s former “green jobs” adviser will teach at Princeton University.February 25, 2010SportsPayton, Rice and Robinson Lead First Black College Football Hall ClassHistorically Black institution icons Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones and former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson were among the first set of honorees inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.February 22, 2010StudentsUC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black HistoryThe chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.February 18, 2010African-AmericanWVU Reprinting Long-lost African American WorksWest Virginia University Press is reprinting important African American texts that have either gone unnoticed for generations or fallen out of print.February 11, 2010HomeObama Says Music Fueled Civil Rights MovementCrediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.February 10, 2010StudentsOregon-based Minority Group to Offer White Students AidAn Oregon group that represents minorities plans to offer scholarships for White college students to study race relations and help champion issues important to minorities.February 8, 2010SportsEddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.February 2, 2010SportsEddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.February 2, 2010Previous PagePage 275 of 569Next Page
