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African-American
‘Call Me MISTER’ Program Expands To 11th College
The College of Charleston will soon become the 11th college in South Carolina to embark on a program that for seven years has been increasing the horrid numbers of Black male elementary teachers in the South Carolina state system.
Faculty & Staff
Duke’s Devil of a Mess
Last spring, at the height of the frenzy over accusations that three Duke University men’s lacrosse players had gang raped a Black exotic dancer during a party…
African-American
To Atone For Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million to Local Public Schools
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The new programs follow a report of the school’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, released last October, that found much of Brown’s endowment came from slave owners’ wealth.
Faculty & Staff
Duke’s Devil of A Mess
For Diverse’s Web readers only: an advanced copy of our March 8th edition’s exclusive on how Black professors are under fire at Duke. With the criminal case against the lacrosse players unraveling, a group of professors are now facing fierce criticism that their own biases fueled a “lynch-mob mentality” on campus that has destroyed the reputations of three young men.
Students
‘Stomp’ Steps Into the Mainstream
Gregory Anderson left Tallahassee after graduating from Florida A&M University in 1996 with hopes of jumpstarting a career in the film industry…
Students
An Institution of the People
It may have produced one of the most contentious fights ever in U.S. higher education
African-American
Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month Organization Is On The Rebound
As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History headed into Black History Month, its senior management told Diverse that the most important factor in the association’s ability to teach history was its ability to learn basic economics. The association that Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915 was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1990s, but is now on the rebound.
African-American
Black History, Studies To Get Renewed Focus With Painter at Helm of Organization of American Historians
Dr. Nell Irvin Painter will assume the presidency next month of the Organization of American Historians, the 100-year-old organization dedicated to the study, practice and teaching of American history. African-American history and studies are expected to receive renewed attention under Painter’s leadership.
African-American
Book of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory Tower
In 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degree…
African-American
Empowering the Black Masses
Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia joins a growing body of literature on the civil rights and Black power movements…
Students
Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go
Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.
Sports
The Diversity Lessons the NCAA Can Learn From the NFL
Professional football fans, particularly African-Americans, were instantly ecstatic that for the first time two National Football League teams led by Black coaches will be facing each other in the nation’s most popular annual sporting event. The event shows how far the NFL has come with respect to diversity among head coaches, and how far collegiate sports still lags behind.
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