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Fellowship Program Honors Legacy of Late Scholar of the African Diaspora

Today, Michigan State University will recognize four graduate students chosen as TIAA-CREF Ruth Simms Hamilton Research Fellowship awardees for the 2009-10 academic year during a campus reception.

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Sun Ra Exhibit at UPenn Shows Jazz Pioneer’s Spacy Imagery

The late jazz musician and band leader Sun Ra told of having a mystical experience in his youth in which he was transported to Saturn and instructed to speak to the world in troubled times to come.

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Voorhees College Names Romanian Student Valedictorian

Victorita Paun’s first name may mean “little victory,” but Saturday the Voorhees College co-ed will claim a big victory — being named the first non-Black valedictorian in the historically Black institution’s 112-year history.

Civil Rights Pioneer: Education and Service Key to Ending Discrimination, Injustice

The arc of Cleveland Sellers Jr.’s life has taken him from rural South Carolina to the Ivy League, where he earned a master’s at Harvard University, through the civil rights movement into the first-ever campus shooting in the United States, to exile in Greensboro, N.C., and academia in Columbia then back home to the place where it all started — Denmark, S.C.

University of Central Arkansas Cancels Step Show Over Hazing

The University of Central Arkansas has canceled an annual step-dancing show that draws thousands from across the country amid allegations of hazing at the fraternity that organizes the event.

University of New Hampshire Makes Progress in Increasing Diversity

After more than a decade spent recruiting and building a support base for minority students, the University of New Hampshire remains a very White school in a very White state.

Scholars Discuss Black Power in the Age of Obama

The Black Power movement is not a vestige of the past, but a living didactical legacy that is as relevant now in the Obama era as it has ever been, said a group of scholars and activists during a two-day symposium dedicated to the impact of the Black Power movement on America.

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Artist Joseph Holston Depicts Underground Railroad in Most Recent Exhibit

Artist Joseph Holston is obsessed with color: deep blues complimented by rich yellows, dramatic splashes of crimson, bright orange and striking violets.

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Brown Moves Ahead With Plans for Slavery Memorial

A Brown University commission has asked the school to create a memorial acknowledging its early ties to the slave trade, one that would inspire reconciliation, not resurrect shame.

Do Affinity Groups Create More Racial Tension on Campus?

For years, predominantly White institutions have worked to etch out a space where students of color could assemble to discuss their issues and identify mentors.

Creating a Sustainable Pipeline

After the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came under fire for a lack of diversity among its tenured faculty, the school’s administration is taking steps to ensure it is welcoming to faculty of color.

At 100, NAACP Still Kicking

When leaders of the NAACP gather this month to formally begin a year-long recognition of 100 years of civil rights work, they’ll be talking as much about the organization’s future as they will be honoring its past.

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