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New Media, New Possibilities: How Social Media Is Shaping Today’s Social Movements
For young activists in the 1960s, television was the promising new medium through which they could prevent the world from turning a blind eye to violence against Black people. Or, as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. poignantly stated in 1965: “We will no longer let them use their clubs on us in the dark corners. We’re going to make them do it in the glaring light of television.” But now, iPhones and the internet offer new ways to spotlight injustice. With nearly everyone having their own publishing platforms in the palms of their hands, no longer are major news outlets the main filter of public dialogue. Social media provides a voice for anyone with an internet connection.
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A Message to Black Women Scholars and Our Allies
We see you. As Black Women scholars ourselves, we are with you and our sisters in our communities – responding to the differential physical, mental, and socioeconomic impacts of this “double pandemic” on our community. Society, however, doesn’t always see the pain of Black women.
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Tough Budget Decisions Lead to Smart Outcomes for Florida’s Private HBCUs
While Florida has been leading the charge in HBCU funding, other states across the US are watching and learning.
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Creating Antiracist Spaces Where Black Students Can Breathe and Thrive
In order to succeed and thrive, Black students need vocal and committed antiracist educators who are intentionally creating antiracist spaces for them. The time for faculty to do this work is now because Black students on our campuses are not okay.
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Are HBCUs Ready for an Increase in Enrollment?
Since 2016, about 40 of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the nation saw an increase in applications and enrollments including Grambling State University, Dillard University, Howard University, and Shaw University.
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Morehouse Takes Center Stage in Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Minority Communities
With a $40 million grant, the federal government has asked leaders at Morehouse School of Medicine to mount a widespread, comprehensive fight against COVID-19 in communities that have been hardest hit. The work that MSM will do with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health over the next three years is historic and massive — and getting underway in the middle of the pandemic.
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Howard, Columbia Collaborate on Reparations Project
The U.S. African American Redress Network was created when the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University teamed up to spotlight the numerous local reparations initiatives across the nation and be a resource in support of such efforts.
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Opening Up? Taking a Look at Fall Reopening Decisions at HBCUs
Since COVID-19 forced schools to shutter in March, HBCU campus leaders said they’ve faced difficult decisions and had to make some unpopular ones as they prepared for an uncharted fall. In this roundup, we highlight plans that some HBCUs have cautiously devised to bring their students back to campus this fall, teach them virtually or do a mixture of both — all during a relentless pandemic in the United States.
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Virginia Tech Renames Two Residence Halls After Three African Americans
Virginia Tech is renaming two of its residence halls after three Black trailblazers who played key roles in the campus’ history, reports WSLS News. Previously named after men who espoused White supremacist views, Lee Hall and Barringer Hall will now be called Hoge Hall and Whitehurst Hall, respectively. Hoge Hall is named for Janie and […]
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University of Nebraska Student Athletes Call For More Diverse Athletics Staff
Student athletes at the University of Nebraska are pushing for more diverse leadership in athletics using the social media hashtag #LegacyOverImage.
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Virtual Panel Discusses the Role and Needs of HBCUs
Historically Black colleges and universities continue to be needed and relevant. That was the sentiment expressed by higher education and political leaders who convened virtually on Wednesday to participate in Virginia Union University’s (VUU) “The Continuing Significance of HBCUs Today” event.
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Global Manufacturer of COVID-19 Test Kits Partners with HBCUs to Ensure Safe Return to Campus
On Wednesday, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world’s largest maker of scientific tools, announced a project to support testing, at no-cost, to the nation’s HBCUs, including establishing national HBCU testing centers to process COVID-19 tests and provide timely results throughout the academic year.
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