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Haiti’s History Created Bond With Many U.S. Blacks

While a terrible earthquake anywhere in the Caribbean would hit a sympathetic nerve in most Americans, Haiti holds a unique place in the hearts of many American Blacks.

Lottery-winning Alumnus Donates $10 Million to South Carolina HBCU

Hoping to spread the joy of a $260 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the Rev. Solomon Jackson has donated $10 million of his “good fortune” to his alma mater, Morris College, a historically Black college in Sumter, S.C.

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Scholar West Urges Holiday Audience Not to ‘Sanitize’ King’s Legacy

A scholar and activist invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.’s rhetoric Monday at the civil rights icon’s church, urging the audience not to “sanitize” King’s legacy or let the president off the hook on issues like poverty.

Leadership & Policy

Delaware State Trustee Reflects on Interim Presidency

Dr. Claibourne Smith’s tenure as interim leader of Delaware State inspires him to take a more active role on the Dover-based institution’s board of trustees.

Claibourne Smith

Leadership & Policy

Observers Say U. of Virginia Diversity Prowess Safe with Sullivan

When a highly selective institution garners an enviable diversity record as that found at The University of Virginia change at the top is bound to raise concerns. But those familiar with the school’s new president say those concerns are unwarranted.

Teresa Sullivan

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Analysis: Post-racial Era Yet to Dawn in America

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s remarks about Barack Obama, only the latest such eruption since America’s first Black president took office a year ago, probably say more about the state of race relations in the United States than they do about Obama.

President Obama

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Rhode Island to Highlight African-American Memoir in Tours, School Curriculum

William J. Brown’s 1883 memoir is at the center of a yearlong project, funded by the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, which seeks to raise the free Black civic leader’s profile and further the public’s understanding of African-American history in Rhode Island.

Leadership & Policy

Former Howard U. President James Cheek dies at 77

WASHINGTON — James E. Cheek, who served as Howard University’s president for 20 years and oversaw major expansions at the school, has died. He was 77.

Leadership & Policy

Norfolk State’s Meyers to Step Down June 30

After more than three years of leading the southeastern Virginia-based historically Black public institution, Norfolk State University president Carolyn W. Meyers is stepping down from her post on June 30.

Dr. Carolyn W. Myers

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Congress Expected to Focus on Education in 2010

The U.S. Congress is expected to turn its attention to higher education in the new year.

African-American

Michelle Obama Images Part of U. Of Michigan Race Exhibition

Two contrasting images of Michelle Obama – wearing pearls and smiling, and as a rifle-toting revolutionary – are on display at the University of Michigan as part of an exhibit that considers race and visual representations.

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Advocates Want More Help for Jobless Blacks

Citing different approaches needed for those hardest hit by joblessness, scholars say chronically high Black unemployment defies easy solutions when both discrimination and low education attainment are among factors plaguing African-American job seekers.

Algernon Austin

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