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Lincoln U Granted Preliminary Approval to Establish First HBCU Law Enforcement Training Academy
Lincoln University has been granted preliminary approval to establish the U.S.âs first law enforcement basic training academy at a historically Black college or university (HBCU), with a unanimous vote from the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission, KRCG reported. The decision came after a Monday meeting during which the commission discussed the results of [âŚ]
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Three Black Female Authors Among 2020 âGenius Grantâ Winners
Three prominent Black female authors â N.K. Jemisin, Jacqueline Woodson and Tressie McMillan Cottom â are among 21 winners of this yearâs MacArthur Foundation âgenius grants,â reports CNN, which explained that the winners will receive a $625,000 âno-strings-attachedâ award paid out over five years. Since 1981, more than 1,000 people have earned the honor, with acclaimed [âŚ]
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HBCUs and White Churches: a Collaboration Long Overdue
Churches have a long history of advocating for civil rights. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the Baptist, Methodist and other religious denominations united to support civil rights for African Americans. Many churches, for example, provided shelter to protesters during civil rights marches. They organized food assistance programs, assisted homeless with housing needs [âŚ]
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2020 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education Kicks Off Tuesday
Wisconsinâs Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ohio State Universityâs Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male will hold the 2020 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME) virtually this year, with events each Tuesday in October, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison press [âŚ]
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Kevin Young Named as New Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Kevin Young, who is currently the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, has been named the new director of the Smithsonianâs National Museum of African American History and Culture. He will begin his new role in January. Young is a poet, author, essayist, and editor at The New Yorker magazine. This [âŚ]
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Common App Removes Disciplinary Violation Question
The Common Application is removing a question about high school disciplinary violations after research found that the answer disproportionately affected students of color, particularly Black students, CNN reported. Black applicants are twice as likely than White applicants to answer yes to the question. And students who disclose school disciplinary records â mostly students of color [âŚ]
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Kansas City Art Institute Hires First Director of Talent and Inclusion
Shawntae Jones was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Now, sheâs serving as the first director of talent and inclusion at Kansas City Art Institute.
Faculty & Staff
Say Their Names, But Not the N-Word
The current reckoning about anti-Blackness in the United States is exposing the limits of solidarity. Millions of white and non-white people have marched and expressed support for Black Lives by saying the names of men and women brutally killed or shot in police custody. This powerful act of solidarity humanizes these victims while bearing witness to systemic racism. At the same time, faculty in some of our nationâs colleges and universities continue to defend the right to utter the N-word as part of their educational practice. This counterintuitive notion is not just tone-deaf to the national reckoning but harms the institutional culture, devalues the presence of Black faculty, staff and students, and compromises the moral credibility of the professoriate.
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Harvard Business School Renames Building After Renowned Black Professor
Harvard Business School (HBS) announced Tuesday that it will rename a building on its campus in honor of Dr. James I. Cash, a retired faculty member known for his leadership and for breaking barriers for Black people. The announcement came at a virtual town hall with faculty, staff and students. âWhen one thinks of individuals [âŚ]
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NBA Star Chris Paul Enrolls at HBCU
NBA star Chris Paul has enrolled at Winston-Salem State University, a North Carolina historically Black college, where he will take a class and encourage students to get to the polls, the NBA reported. Paulâs parents also attended Winston-Salem State. âWe are providing transportation to HBCU students to get the polls so we are working on [âŚ]
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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Heads to Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University has scored a major coup in luring Dr. Michael Eric Dysonâone of the nationâs most prominent Black intellectualsâfrom Georgetown University.
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Legal Scholars Worry About Affirmative Action and Civil Rights if Barrett is Confirmed
As Judge Amy Coney Barrett makes the rounds on Capitol Hill this week in preparation for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month, some legal scholars are concerned about what her appointment to the high court might mean for the future of civil rights and affirmative action. âI am very concerned about [âŚ]
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