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Leadership & Policy
Philadelphia Mayor Takes Part in Community College Black Male Summit
Numerous organizations intent on reversing alarming disparities in high school and college drop out and incarceration rates among Black males gathered in Philadelphia this week for a Call to Action Summit, sponsored by the Presidents’ Round Table of African-American CEOs, a group of Black community college presidents.
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Blacks in Higher Education Meet
“I really feel good” was Dr. Roland Smith’s reaction to a question about the recently held meeting of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education.
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Thousands Flock to Memphis to Reflect on King’s Legacy
After their four-hour meeting concluded on the afternoon of April 4, 1968, Jesse Epps extended a dinner invitation to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had arrived in Memphis with other civil rights leaders to rally on behalf of the city’s striking Black sanitation workers.
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Perspectives: Black Churches Are Unfairly Under Attack
From where I sit Black churches are under attack. Cable news shows have over zealously played the sound bites of a few of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons to a point where I believe it damages the positive role that Black churches play in the community.
Students
North Dakota State Probes Bawdy Campus Skit
North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a White student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.
Leadership & Policy
Letters
INCLUSION IS JUST PART OF THE STORY “Perspectives: Tradition of Inclusion Left Out of William & Mary President’s Story,” Feb. 26, 2008 Inclusion is indeed part of [President Gene] Nichol’s story, but it is a minor issue in the chaos that Nichol created at W&M. And diversity of intellectual thought was not on his agenda. […]
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Telling Her Story
The roles of women then and now make appealing subjects.
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Students
NASPA Session Tackles Hazing Problem Among Black Greeks
Black Greek fraternity members feel hazing solidifies their loyalty to their organization and builds “character and discipline,” according to study results presented to a packed session at the 90th annual NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference.
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2 South African Students Involved in Racist Video Apologize
Two students behind an alleged racist video in which five Black university workers appear to be duped into eating food tainted with urine have apologized and said they acted without malice.
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Dyson: Black History Month “Living, Significant and Important”
Minister and civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. earned in today’s dollars nearly a quarter of a million dollars a year in the early 1960’s and gave nearly all of it to the civil rights movement, Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson said Thursday during a speech dissecting the roots of a celebration we now call Black History month.
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Princeton Releases Michelle Obama’s Senior Thesis
Princeton University has recently released Michelle Obama’s senior thesis after previously making it unavailable to the public, according to an article in The Daily Princetonian.
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West Chester University Formally Apologizes For Past Discrimination
Officials at West Chester University of Pennsylvania have formally apologized for the school’s past discriminatory practices and treatment of African-American students.
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