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George Mason University Makes Plans to Memorialize Its Namesake’s Slaves

Four years ago, at George Mason University, Black students in the honors college started asking questions: Who were the slaves of George Mason IV, the 18th-century Virginia lawmaker whose name marks the school, and what were their lives like? Those discussions turned into a research program, which culminated in the Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial Project, a plan to add monuments commemorating George Mason IV’s slaves in the center of campus next year.

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Bill Allotting $577 Million to Maryland HBCUs Clears Legislature

The Maryland Senate on Sunday unanimously passed legislation that would allot $577 million to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over 10 years. The Maryland House of Delegates, in a near-unanimous vote, passed the bill last week. It now goes to Republican Gov. Larry Hogan for consideration.

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HBCUs Face An Additional Set of Coronavirus Concerns

Campuses across the country are temporarily closing in response to the coronavirus, encouraging students to go home and offering online classes to prevent the virus from spreading. Historically Black colleges and universities – and other minority serving institutions – are no exception. But these schools face an extra set of concerns as they try to keep underrepresented students safe on tighter budgets than predominantly White institutions.

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Summit Empowers Black, Latino Men in College

Hundreds of students, educators and policymakers flocked to a three-day summit in Tampa, Fla., over the weekend to focus on how best to empower Black and Latino men in college.

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Scholar Illustrates How to Include Women of Color in Teaching the History of the Suffrage Movement

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, African American studies specialist Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley says it’s time academia recognized the contribution of women of color in the Suffrage Movement. This week, Mobley returned to her undergraduate alma mater, Barnard College, to present the lecture, “The Difference Intersectionality Makes: Teaching the Suffrage […]

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Students Petition UC Irvine After Campus Police Arrest a Black Alumna

Shikera Chamndany, a Black alumnus in biomedical engineering at UC Irvine, went to campus to collect her transcripts on Feb. 20. She ended up spending the night in Orange County Women’s Jail.

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Despite Passage of FUTURE Act, HBCUs Still “Woefully Underfunded,” Says UNCF President

One could argue it’s been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities. The FUTURE Act – legislation sustaining federal funding for minority serving institutions – made a fraught, winding journey to President Donald J. Trump’s desk, where it was signed into law in December. But on Tuesday, Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, discouraged unbridled optimism at the organization’s second annual “State of the HBCU Address” where HBCU leaders and allies gathered in Washington D.C.

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DOJ Files Amicus Brief Saying Harvard’s Admissions Policy Violates Civil Rights Law

The U.S. Department of Justice, in an amicus brief filed on Tuesday to a federal appeals court, is arguing against a ruling from last October, which defended Harvard’s use of affirmative action in its admission process.

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Cultural Spaces on Campus Reduce Minority Students’ Stress, Says Author

A recent comment from a Black student at the University of Virginia that there were “too many White people” at a multicultural student center brought forward long-simmering racial grievances on campuses around the country, but a new book says that such centers help reduce stress in minority and underrepresented students.

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Syracuse University Hires Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to ‘Review’ Campus Police

Syracuse University said on Monday it has hired former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead an independent review of the institution’s Department of Public Safety after criticism over last week’s suspension — revoked a day later — of 30 students protesting racial incidents on campus and their alleged mistreatment by DPS police officers.

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George Mason University Names First African American President

After an eight-month search, George Mason University just announced its first African American president, Dr. Gregory Washington, the dean of the University of California Irvine’s engineering school.

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Supporting Black Students When They are Further Traumatized in School

There is no question that student trauma is on the rise and some school professionals are part of the problem.

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