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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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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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EventsNOVEMBERNov. 1-3Writer’s Conference 2000: Celebrating African American Women WritersCommunity College of Baltimore County — Essex CampusBaltimore, Md.Contact: Cheryl GoodmanPhone: (410) 780-6742Fax: (410) 574-2172E-mail: cgoodman@ccbc.cc.md.usNov. 2-4The Education Trust, Inc., 11th Annual Conference“Seeing is Believing: Evidence that We Can Close the Achievement Gap”WashingtonContact: Nevin Brown or Sonya WilsonPhone: (202) 293-1217 Ext. 315Fax: (202) 293-2605E-mail: nbrown@edtrust.org orswilson@edtrust.orgWeb: www.edtrust.orgNov. […]

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At Home with Toni Morrison

At Home with Toni MorrisonToni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary LegendBy Hilary HurdLORAIN, Ohio A pproximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and her work.The second biennial […]

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]

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EventsOCTOBEROct. 19-22Seventh National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Educational Communities”Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Miss.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: Srozman@aol.comWeb: www.tsu.edu/hbcunetOct. 20-217th Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference“Slavery and Reparation”New School UniversityNew YorkContact: J. Everet GreenPhone: (914) 574-4797E-mail: everet@aol.comNOVEMBERNov. 2-410th National Conference of the Association for Black Culture Centers“Connecting Generations with Black Popular Culture”Cleveland […]

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Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than Ever

Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than EverWASHINGTON Last month, federal officials announced that the response rates for Census 2000 exceeded those of the 1990 U.S. Census by 2 percentage points, from 65 percent to 67 percent. The 2000 Census response rate also exceeded the U.S. Census Bureau’s projected rate, which was 61 percent.“Thanks […]

Student Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race Problems

Student Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race ProblemsPULLMAN, Wash. Police are still trying to determine why Washington State University freshman Atuanya Priester was beaten up last month. Some witnesses told investigators that Priester, from Seattle, was jumped by 10 men; others depict a confrontation between Priester and a member of a rival fraternity.Minority […]

Georgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training

Georgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training ATHENS, Ga.A University of Georgia sorority accused of evaluating a potential pledge on the basis of race will undergo sensitivity training, according to an agreement with the university. A resolution released last month says Alpha Gamma Delta and the university agreed that some sorority members “may hold […]

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EventsOCTOBEROct. 19-22Seventh National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Educational Communities”Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Miss.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: srozman@aol.comWeb: www.tsu.edu/hbcunetOct. 20-21Seventh Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference“Slavery and Reparation”New School UniversityNew YorkContact: J. Everet GreenPhone: (914) 574-4797E-mail: everet@aol.comNOVEMBERNov. 2-4The Education Trust, Inc., 11th Annual Conference“Seeing is Believing: Evidence that We Can Close the […]

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Africana.com Being Sold to AOL-Time Warner

Africana.com Being Sold to AOL-Time Warner In a candid 1999 interview with editors of Black Issues in Higher Education, Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. described himself as “an intellectual entrepreneur.” The term certainly applied then, because in addition to being the architect of the renowned “Dream Team” of Black scholars at Harvard, Gates had […]

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