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Events

EventsOctoberOctober 17-20Middle Atlantic Writers Association Inc.“Facing the Rising Sun: Recent Trends and New Authors in Africana Literature”Sheraton ColumbiaColumbia, Md.Contact: Gerri BatesPhone: (443) 885-1167Fax: (410) 319-3166E-mail: gbates@jewel.morgan.eduWeb: www.morgan.edu/~English/MAWA October 18-20Character Education Partnership 8th National Forum“Character Education: The Other Side of the Report Card” The Denver Marriott Tech CenterDenverPhone: (800) 988-8081, (202) 296-7743 Ext. 17Fax: (202) 296-7779October […]

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Smithsonian Director to Head Underground Railroad Center

Smithsonian Director to Head Underground Railroad CenterWASHINGTONSpencer R. Crew, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for the past nine years, is ready to face the next phase of his career. He will be leaving the Smithsonian next month to become executive director and chief executive officer of the National Underground Railroad Freedom […]

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Events

EventsOCTOBEROctober 17-20Middle Atlantic Writers Association Inc.“Facing the Rising Sun: Recent Trends and New Authors in Africana Literature”Sheraton Columbia, Columbia, Md.Contact: Gerri BatesPhone: (443) 885-1167Fax: (410) 319-3166E-mail: gbates@jewel.morgan.eduWeb: www.morgan.edu/~English/MAWA October 18-21Eighth National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Learning Communities in a Technical World”Sheraton Norfolk WatersideNorfolk, Va.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: network@hbucfdn.orgWeb: […]

Leadership & Policy

Changing Complexions, New Complications

Changing Complexions, New Complications Cal state university’s james lyons and james rosser face unprecedented leadership challenges and opportunities as their institutions experience demographic changesBy Cheryl D. Fieldsn many ways, the Los Angeles basin is ground zero for the shifting demographic status of African Americans and Chicano/Latinos. Cities like Inglewood, Compton, Carson, Long Beach and even […]

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What Is Wisdom Worth?

What Is Wisdom Worth?Wisdom is the finest beauty of a person. Money does not prevent you from becoming blind.Money does not prevent you from becoming mad. Money does not prevent you from becoming lame.You may be ill in any part of your body. So it is better for you to go and think again.And to select wisdom. — Yoruba […]

Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, Sororities

Alabama Students, Faculty at Odds over Integration Of Fraternities, SororitiesTUSCALOOSA, Ala.The president of the campus NAACP chapter says integration of fraternities and sororities at the University of Alabama should be left to students, but a faculty spokesman says only force will break the racial barriers. Dave Washington, president of the National Association for the Advancement […]

Black Caucus Calls on Government to Increase Promotion Of Fire Safety on College Campuses

Black Caucus Calls on Government to Increase Promotion Of Fire Safety on College CampusesMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus want the federal government to do more to promote fire safety in college dormitories and, in some cases, fraternity and sorority houses.The College Fire Prevention Act from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, would provide $100 million […]

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Maryland Archaeologists Dig Up Remains

Maryland Archaeologists Dig Up Remains Of Free-Standing Black Community COLLEGE PARK, Md.University of Maryland archaeologists are unearthing the remains of a little-known middle-class African American community in Annapolis, Md., that goes back to 1832. They hope to learn how this community managed to remain intact and endure the pressures of a hostile world for 150 […]

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Carter G. Woodson Home Chosen as Endangered Site

Carter G. Woodson Home Chosen as Endangered SiteWASHINGTONThe Washington home of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, acclaimed scholar, educator and founder of the Black history movement, has been chosen by the National Historic Preservation as one of America’s 11 most endangered historic places. The abandoned and deteriorated 1890s Victorian red brick rowhouse sits squarely in the […]

Bringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back Yard

Bringing Northwestern to the People: Recruiting in Our Own Back YardThe history of African American students enrolling at Northwestern has fluctuated for the past 20 years, but no one anticipated the record low of only 82 students enrolling in the fall 1996. What happened? A task force of diverse administrators, faculty members and alumni was […]

Faculty & Staff

A Program with Potential

A Program with PotentialUniversity of Louisville program addresses the needs of the African American community, while simultaneously supporting the school’s academic missionThe University of Louisville in Kentucky believes it has found a way to tackle issues affecting African Americans in a way that benefits both the university and the community. The university announced earlier this […]

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Ghanaian King Helps Dedicate University’s African Studies Program

Ghanaian King Helps Dedicate University’s African Studies ProgramPRINCESS ANNE, Md.The king of the Republic of Ghana’s Asante region helped dedicate the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s new African American and African studies program last month.Otumfuo Osei Tutu II received an honorary degree at the university’s commencement. “A people without knowledge of their history are like […]

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