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Veteran Education Administrator Dead at 67

Dr. Lillian Lowery, who ran public schools in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, ultimately spearheading new national curriculum standards and reforms to student discipline policies, died last week. She was 67.

Dr. Lillian Lowery

Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., Former HBCU President, Dead at 81

Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., former president of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU), died on Thursday, April 14.

Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., former president of HBCUs West Virginia State University and Clark Atlanta University.

Racelighting and Inauthentic Allyship: How to Recognize It, and How to Change It

Dr. J. Luke Wood discussed the idea of racelighting at the University of Phoenix’s Inclusive Leadership Summit on Thursday.

Dr. J. Luke Wood, vice president for student affairs and campus diversity, chief diversity officer, and Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Education at San Diego State University.

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NUL Report: Widening Disparities Continue to Exist Between Blacks and Whites

The state of Black America remains grim. That's the findings from The National Urban League, which released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday.

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Civil Rights and Education Conference Explores School Equity Audits

Last week, the Education and Civil Rights Initiative at the University of Kentucky’s College of Education kicked off a three-day virtual conference on the theme of education as a civil right. Initial sessions included a dive into equity audits.

Dr. Sarah LaCour, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s College of Education

Analyzing the Social Justice Implications of the Critical Race Theory Debate

Scholars say that while social justice and critical race theory are not synonymous, they are important components in the fight for equity — along with antiracism.

Dr. Chandra Ford

Berea College to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of bell hooks

Berea College will host a tribute to distinguished professor in residence in Appalachian studies, author, and leading feminist scholar bell hooks, who died in December.

Bell Hooks Life Legacy And Love

Morgan State University to Hold Tribute for Earl G. Graves, Sr., Founder of Black Enterprise

On April 6, Morgan State University will host a tribute to the memory of its alumnus Earl G. Graves Sr, founder of Black Enterprise, the magazine launched in 1970 for Black professionals and entrepreneurs.

Earl G. Graves, Sr., founder of Black Enterprise magazine.

Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at the University of Alabama, Dead at 92

Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama, namesake of the Autherine Lucy Hall on campus, has died. She was 92 years old.

1956 Press Photo of Autherine Lucy.

Valerie Boyd, Biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Dead at 58

Valerie Boyd—a well-known journalist, biographer and professor at the University of Georgia—died over the weekend. She was 58 years old.

Remembering a Pioneering ETS Leader: Lenora M. Green

Lenora Miller Green, a longtime leader at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) passed away last week. She was 65,

Lenora M. Green

Purdue University Police Officer On Leave After Arrest of Black Student

A Purdue University police officer has received death threats and was placed on leave after video surfaced of him pinning a Black student to the ground, pressing his elbow into the student’s neck. An inquiry has been launched to investigate what happened.

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