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The Scholar-Activists of Brown

The 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, […]

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’

‘You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide’It is no surprise that college campuses, as microcosms of society, have become prey to the increased violence in our world. However, it is extremely disturbing to hear the stories of young students attacked, assaulted, raped, and even killed while matriculating at institutions of higher learning, once considered one […]

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright Award

Duke University Press Books Win Hurston/Wright AwardDURHAM, N.C.Two Duke University Press books won top honors in the 2003 Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards. The authors of the nonfiction books, both of which were published under the John Hope Franklin Center imprint, were honored last month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.First prize went to Forgotten Readers: Recovering […]

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.Smithsonian exhibit highlights Mali’s intellectual roots, cultural traditionsBy Phaedra Brotherton WASHINGTONAn important center of learning where Islamic and West African scholars met and attracted thousands of students around West Africa to come and study, Timbuktu has recently become a major area of academic study. And Washington’s Smithsonian Institution hopes to introduce […]

Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students

John Hope Franklin Honored for Lifetime Achievement

John Hope Franklin Honored for Lifetime AchievementNEW YORKHistorian John Hope Franklin was awarded the Gold Medal in History by the American Academy of Arts and Letters last month for his long and distinguished career as a scholar, intellectual leader and civil rights advocate. Franklin, Duke University professor emeritus, was presented with the award by historian […]

The New McCarthyism

The New McCarthyismWhat’s wrong with this picture? The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a frequent campus speaker, tells students at Harvard Law School that the United States should “build bridges and relationships, not simply bombs and walls.” Many, including the most hawkish foreign policy analysts, would agree with the generalities implicit in these sentiments, if not the […]

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave Resistance

Runaway Slaves: An Intimate History of Slave ResistanceIn the course of human events, it sometimes becomes necessary for one people, regardless of color, gender or age, to dissolve the bonds which have connected them to another and to assume the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness which nature and nature’s God entitle […]

Rap, Race and Reparations

Rap, Race and ReparationsFisk University’s Race Relations Institute is continuing its long legacy of involving itself in the day’s most pressing issues facing Blacks around the world. By David HefnerNASHVILLE, Tenn.The news came in mid-December. Kemba Smith, the 23-year-old college student sentenced in 1995 on cocaine trafficking charges for her association with a drug-dealing boyfriend, […]

University of Michigan’s Admissions Policy Rejected Judge rules diversity is not a compelling state interest

University of Michigan’s Admissions Policy Rejected Judge rules diversity is not a compelling state interestBy Erik LordsDETROITMany national leaders expressed shock and disappointment late last month after a U.S. District Judge in Detroit ruled that the University of Michigan’s race-conscious law school admissions policy is unconstitutional. Lawyers for the University of Michigan and a group […]

Michigan Law School Prepares for Historic Affirmative Action Trial

Michigan Law School Prepares for Historic Affirmative Action Trial By Erik LordsDetroit When an affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Michigan’s law school goes to trial here this month, it will be thick with historical significance.Lawyers for a group of intervening minority students in the case will present an unprecedented legal argument, and they […]

Major Matters

Major MattersIt used to be that if you were to ask a Black person who graduated from a traditionally White college to name the first Black person to earn a degree from that institution in say, electrical engineering, they could probably do it within the blink of an eye.More often than not, the person who […]

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