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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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Ball State Professor Helps Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Former Liberian Soldiers

Thousands of Liberian children were forced into combat during the civil war that broke out in 1996.

Leadership & Policy

University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall

Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans.

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Getting to Know Dr. David Ikard

Dr. David Ikard’s recent book, Breaking the Silence:Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (LSU Press), has not only generated buzz within academia but has made its way onto the pop culture scene because of its insightful analysis of the writings of such literary giants as Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley and Toni Cade Bambara. But it […]

Faculty & Staff

Descendant of University of Missouri Founder Creates Slavery Atonement Fund

Endowment will help support research into the impact, effects of slavery in the United States.

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A Month of Discoveries

Black History Month brings out the best publishers have to offer.

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Diverse Calendar

March 12-16 The National Black Graduate Student Association 20th Annual Conference “Brilliance in Black”Four Points Sheraton at O’Hare HotelChicagoWeb: www.nbgsa.org March 13- 15Eleventh Annual Regional HBCUSummit on Retention“Improving Retention at HBCUs:Retention is a Shared Enterprise”Clarion Resort HotelOcean City, Md.Contact: Dr. Anne L. Gaskins-NeddPhone: (301) 860-3687e-mail: anedd@bowiestate.edu March 14-15Faculty Resource Network at New York University“The Molecules […]

Leadership & Policy

University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall

STORRS, Conn. Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans. The University of Connecticut is asking the state Board of Higher Education to approve an interdisciplinary major it will call African-American Studies. […]

Celebrating Black History Month

Numerous two-year and four-year colleges are hosting Black History Month events across the nation.

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Perspectives: The Future of Public HBCUs Depends On Exceptional Leadership

HBCUs make up 3 percent of colleges, but 23 percent of Black graduates. Surely, Black institutions add value to American higher education. The question is how can they contribute more?

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