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Simmons Professor Wins Prestigious Poetry Prize

Afaa Michael Weaver, an English professor at Simmons College (Mass.), has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, one of the most prestigious honors, for his poem “American Income.”

A Music Scholar Remembers Isaac Hayes

Dr. William Banfield, a professor at the Berklee College of Music, says of Isaac Hayes: “At Stax, he became an artist and further defined and refined Black music and then represented Black music as kind of a musical prince of our culture at a critical time when Black music was very influential to the identity of our people.”

AKAs Celebrate 100 Years of Sisterhood and Service

The nation’s capital was a sea of pink and green as an estimated 20,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha converged upon Washington, D.C., in July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country’s largest and oldest Black sorority. Founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, and boasting 200,000 members and 975 chapters worldwide, […]

Keeping the Tradition Alive

The relatively low percentage of Black students in jazz studies programs remains a topic of interest as scholars want to ensure that the musical culture of an earlier generation of African-Americans lives on.

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Summer Reading for the Teachers

A little variety to stretch the mind — gently.

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Scholars Convene in Charleston to Explore the Literary Works of Toni Morrison

Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison read to a packed house at the College of Charleston two passages from her forthcoming novel, A Mercy (Knopf), on Friday, as part of the fifth biennial conference of the Toni Morrison Society.

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Acknowledging the Gains Minorities Have Made in Classical Music

I am one who has a long awareness and who has long-been supportive of Sphinx and the efforts of Aaron Dworkin (see “Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music, June 26).

Leadership & Policy

A Chat With Southern University Chancellor Kofi Lomotey

Weeks before formally assuming his position as the new chancellor of Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge, Dr. Kofi Lomotey sat down with Diverse to discuss the future of the institution and other historically Black colleges including Fisk University, where Lomotey previously served as executive vice president, provost and professor.

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Black Colleges Still Lacking Ph.D. African-American Studies Program

As African-American studies disciplinarians celebrate the expansion and 20-year anniversary of African American doctoral studies this year, some are wondering when there will be a similar development at historically Black colleges and universities.

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Philadelphia Owns Up to More of its History of Slavery

Thousands of tourists watched last summer as archaeologists, working in the shadow of Independence Hall, unearthed remnants of the home where George Washington lived with his wife and several slaves.

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Missouri Exhibit Recognizes Black Ancestors of ‘Huck Finn’ Era

In an effort to rebuild relationships with local Black community members, college and museum officials in Missouri have vowed to publicly exalt the state’s rich Black history and confront its slavery past.

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Course Watch: University of Akron Offers Class on Black Male Issues

The first course on Black men’s history and studies in the nation will be taught this summer as a special topics course at the University of Akron (Ohio) by Dr. Zachery Williams, assistant professor of African-American history and interim director of Pan African studies at the university. “‘African American Men’s History and Studies’ represents an […]

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