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The Dangers of Interjecting White Narratives in Higher Education Hiring
I come before you today with a new lesson. That lesson is recognizing the dangers of interjecting whiteness into hiring processes.
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UNCF Celebrates as FUTURE Act Awaits Trump’s Signature
The latest version of the FUTURE Act, a bipartisan compromise on funding for minority serving institutions, now awaits the signature of President Trump, having been passed by the House and Senate yesterday, hours after a United Negro College Fund press conference touted the bill’s merits.
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FAMU Professor Serves as Model for Rosa Parks Sculpture
Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum, a Florida A&M University history professor, served as the model for a Rosa Parks sculpture recently unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama. The sculpture commemorates the 64th anniversary of the day police arrested Parks for refusing to give up her bus seat, then igniting the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott. The sculptor had asked […]
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Stop Using Asian Americans to Defend Against Disparities, Then Rejecting Them as Non-Diverse
Asian Americans are ambiguous in civil rights. Perhaps Asian Americans themselves are ambivalent as well. Neither Black nor White, Asian Americans challenge the standard understanding of racial justice. Whether they are integrating into the majority or if they will be “people of color,” 　they should have autonomy and not be used to advance the ulterior motives of others who may not have their best interests at heart.
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Prescott College Opens MFA Program at the Intersection of Art and Social Justice
Prescott College in Arizona announced a new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program this week. The program’s curriculum will focus on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing. The 48-credit online program will be led by Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and founder and chairperson of Reform […]
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Whitewashing Impeachment and 2020: Don’t Forget Who Got Us Here
Like the majority of Americans facing the new impeachment inquiry landscape, I am both jubilant and alarmed. What will happen now? Impeachment of a sitting president is a dead-serious business, with no predictable outcome.
African-American
Senate Democrats Start New Push to Pass the FUTURE Act
Sen. Doug Jones and Sen. Jon Tester are making a renewed push for the U.S. Senate to pass the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, bipartisan legislation – introduced by Jones and Sen. Tim Scott – to renew mandatory federal funds to minority serving institutions for two years.
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Literary Scholars Laud the Life and Works of Ernest Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines, one of the most important literary figures in America, renowned and beloved for his transcendent works about the lives and struggles of African Americans facing bigotry and racism in the South, died on Nov. 5 at his home in Oscar, Louisiana at 86.
African-American
Black Women Academics Share Secrets to Success of Navigating the Academy
For the second year in a row, the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education kicked off by giving space to Black women in the academy to convene to discuss the challenges unique to Black women in a space that is overwhelmingly White and male.
African-American
Bring Your Authentic Self to Work
As the first Black female professor in the Communication Department at my university, I consider myself to be a blessed imposter. I’ve been fortunate in my career. I’ve taught a variety of communications courses, incorporated social justice into the curriculum, created professional formation programs for students, and established the Dream. Plan. Do.™ departmental scholarship for students of color. I’ve played the “game” well enough to accomplish these tasks. What game? The game of code-switching and being inauthentic.
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Lincoln University to be Honored With Historical Marker on Campus
Lincoln University is set to receive a historical marker on campus Nov. 14 presented by the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project. As part of the ceremony, the school will be awarded with the organization’s 26th bench placement, becoming the second historically Black university in the nation to earn this honor. The Bench […]
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Report: HBCU Enrollment Increase is a Result of Current Political Climate
New research found that an increase in applications and enrollment at one-third of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the past three years directly correlates to the current social and political climate created under President Donald J. Trump’s presidency.
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