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Columbia University Announces Creation

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans…

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Coppin State and NASA Launch Project On the Slave Trade

Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during…

‘Ghetto Fabulous’ Costume Party

A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided…

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BOTA Attendees Ready to ‘Take It to the Streets’

The Brothers of the Academy think tank was held last month at Morehouse College…

Fraternity Suspended Over Offensive ‘Hood’ Party

BALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity because of a “Halloween in the Hood” party that drew protests from Black students.

University of Tennessee Creates Scholarship To Attract More Black Students

MEMPHIS, Tenn. In an attempt to increase minority enrollment, the University of Tennessee is providing a new scholarship that will be available to students from 35 selected, majority Black high schools in the state.

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Coca-Cola To Donate Atlanta Land for Civil Rights Museum

ATLANTA The Coca-Cola Co. announced Monday it would donate $10 million worth of prime downtown land to the city for a planned civil rights museum in the home town of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Senator Accused of Racial Gaffes Draws Support From HBCUs

Despite facing allegations of racial insensitivity during his 2006 re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., continues to draw support from some African-Americans — particularly for his support of historically Black colleges and universities.

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Bands Behaving Badly

I absolutely applaud the leadership of my alma mater in quickly and decisively dealing with individuals who don’t represent the very best of FAMU and African-Americans (see “FAMU Band Marches Into Trouble,” Oct. 5)…

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Enrolling In Hip-Hop 101

After all the students make their way into the lecture hall, the professor slips the audio CD into the stereo system…

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Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs

WALTHAM, Mass. A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery. The conference focused on overcoming the present “religious and sexual legacy” of the Atlantic slave trade and systems of bondage embedded in the original teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

Racially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT Law

AUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.

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