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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 […]
Students
Understanding the “Bling-bling Generation”
Many of the constructs that describe Millennials, or 21st-century young people, also referred to as Generation M, don’t seem to apply to Black undergraduates, according to research in the current National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. Sheltered, indulged, protected. These describe most millennials, but for students of color “these factors have been at best […]
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Professional Appointments
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau has been appointed president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., effective Aug. 1. He currently serves as president of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Ribeau earned a bachelor’s from Wayne State University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. DR. ANGELA DURANTE has been named […]
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Presbyterians Pick Black Leader for Seminary
For the first time in its 196-year history, one of the nation’s oldest Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminaries will be led by a Black pastor, a triumph for African-Americans who hope he’ll use his position to nurture the next generation of minority pastors.
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