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Spike Lee Says Educated Blacks Should be Icons

Filmmaker Spike Lee told a college audience that the value of education is being overshadowed by the images gangsta rap glorifies…

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Themed Dorm Party Sparks Race Debate at University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is calling for campus race relations discussions after a dorm party with a…

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Vivian Malone Jones, First Black to Graduate From University of Alabama, Dies at 63

Vivian Malone Jones, one of two Black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama…

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University of Kentucky President Meets With Lawmakers Over Drop in Diversity

University of Kentucky President Lee Todd met with a group of state lawmakers last month and apologized…

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In Memoriam: August Wilson: 1945-2005

In 10 plays, nine set in Pittsburgh’s “Hill District,” August Wilson, more than any writer of his generation…

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A Question of Academic Integrity

A Question of Academic Integrity One scholar challenges the scholarship of Dr. Michael Eric DysonBy Dr. Paul R. Griffin After reading Ronald Roach’s interview (see Black Issues In Higher Education, Aug. 11, 2005) with Dr. Michael Dyson concerning Dyson’s latest book — Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?) […]

Professional Appointments

Miguel Cairol has been named vice president for administration and finance at New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Previously, he served as acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president. Cairol holds a bachelor’s from California State University, Los Angeles, master’s degrees from The CUNY Graduate Center and from Baruch College/ CUNY and […]

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Michigan State Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition recently announced that it has awarded the Seventh Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize to Dr. Laurent Dubois for his study…

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Civil Rights Pioneer, First Black University of Alabama Graduate Remembered

More than 500 mourners gave Vivian Malone Jones one last standing ovation at her funeral Wednesday, honoring the quiet courage of a civil rights icon…

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Black Activists Upset Over King Tut Portraits

Black activists say the computer-generated portraits of King Tut that are scheduled to go on display at a museum

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Vivian Malone Jones, First Black to Graduate from University of Alabama, Dies at 63

Vivian Malone Jones, one of two Black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to former Gov. George Wallace’s infamous…

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Exhibit Explores History of Slavery in New York

Most Americans think of slavery as a Southern institution, but for close to 200 years, New York City served as a centerpiece in the African slave trade…

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