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Parsing the Reaction to Obama

Scholars say extreme criticisms of U.S. president defy simple explanation.

Dr. Carl Bankston

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Grambling State President To Step Down

The president of historically Black Grambling State University is stepping down from his position after five years with the university, effective October 31.

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Reforms Across Multiple Policy Areas Key to Eliminating Health Disparities, Experts Say

A panel of health policy experts Tuesday told congressional staff members and policy professionals that, while health care reform could play a powerful role in reducing health disparities between minorities and Whites, major policy reform in areas such as housing, transportation, agriculture and labor will also prove necessary to close the health care gap.

Dr. Brian Smedley

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Vassar Professor Examines Black Women’s Film Stardom

In new book, Dr. Mia Mask recounts struggles and triumphs of African-American women in American film.

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Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work

In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.

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SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION

From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.

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Scholar Leads African Language Learning Project to Recover Lost Knowledge

Dr. Fallou Ngom of Boston University oversees training of young scholars in Ajami, a modified Arabic script, so unread ancient African language texts can be translated into modern languages.

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Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister

Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.

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First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland

The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.

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Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.

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Wheaton College Was Underground Railroad Stop

An entry buried in a 120-year-old manuscript has confirmed what local historians long have believed: Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

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