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Embracing ‘Black is Beautiful’
Embracing ‘Black is Beautiful’A frican Americans have long had a seriously vexed relationship with the very notion of beauty.”We were stripped of everything — all our tools, our rituals, our practices from the moment of our arrival on this continent,” says Mikki Taylor, beauty director and cover editor of Essence magazine. “We were brought to […]
African-American
Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected Officials
Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected OfficialsWashingtonThe Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies last month released its 1999 count of Black elected officials, showing a net increase of 68 for a total of 8,936 between January 1998 and January 1999. With this increase, the representation of Black elected officials among all […]
Students
Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car
Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A University of New Mexico fraternity accused of duct-taping a swastika on a Black student’s car has been placed on emergency suspension. University administrators say they placed the Sigma Chi chapter on suspension and that the rights, privileges, charter and affiliation with UNM are […]
Students
University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of Desegregation
University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of DesegregationAthens, Ga.‘Two-four-six-eight! We don’t want to integrate!” were the chants from the crowd that greeted Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes — the first two African American students to integrate the University of Georgia 40 years ago Jan. 9. To mark the 40 years since UGA was desegregated, the […]
Leadership & Policy
Year 2000: A Retrospective
Year 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]
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What’s Happening to Our “Talented Tenth?”
What’s Happening to Our “Talented Tenth?”As the father of two boys who have grown into young men, I have become a keen observer of the behavior of African American males, particularly those who attend predominantly White institutions. Black men at selective public and private campuses are said to be “the best of the best.” Dr. […]
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University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and Holmes
University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and HolmesAthens, Ga.The University of Georgia plans to name the 95-year-old Academic Building on North Campus in honor of Charlayne Hunter and the late Dr. Hamilton Holmes, who registered for classes in the building when they became the first African American students […]
Students
University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns
University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]
Students
Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative
Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]
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Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of Fame
Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of FameNASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, an institution more than a century old, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame last month. It has been said that civil rights pioneer and author Dr. W.E.B. DuBois called their music a message from slaves […]
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Events
EventsNOVEMBERNov. 15-19, 2000National Association for Multicultural Education, 10th Annual International Conference“Real Magic: The Realization of Multicultural Education in the Everyday”Kissimmee, Fla.Contact: NAME National OfficePhone: (202) 628-6263Fax: (202) 628-6264E-mail: nameorg@erols.comWeb: www.umd.edu/NAMENov. 16-18, 2000Multiethnic Perspectives Conference,A National Conference for Students, Educators, Administrators and Community LeadersVirginia Beach, Va.Contact: FAP Consultants and Associates, Inc.Phone: (540) 710-9532Fax: (540) 891-0187Web: www.411web.com/f/fapconsultantsinc/Nov. […]
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Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby
Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby To Publish Electronic Book on Education NORFOLK, Va. A n educational reform professor at Old Dominion University has a prominent co-author on a new electronic book: Dr. Bill Cosby. The book, American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge, suggests using the federal surplus to spend $100 billion more a year on […]
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