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Blackness in the Academy: Who Owns the Truth?
Blackness, who owns it? Perhaps a better question to ponder is, can Blackness be owned? As I reflect on this complex question, I am very aware that my positionality as a Black male is always going to be an intersecting identity vector that I will never be able to erase.
Sports
More HBCUs Selling Alcohol in Athletic Arenas
North Carolina A&T State University will join a growing list of HBCUs selling alcohol inside their football stadiums when the defending MEAC and Black College Football champions host backyard rival Elon University on Saturday.
Women
Texas Inmates Graduate from Austin Community College
Friends and family gathered at Lockhart Correctional Facility in Texas to watch 14 women – 13 inmates and one former inmate – graduate from Austin Community College’s certified production technician program. The class was the first for incarcerated women funded by Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, a Texas organization for recruitment and employment services. The […]
African-American
Conservative Philanthropist David Koch Dead at 79
His conservative politics drew the ire of those on the political left. But billionaire philanthropist David Koch, who passed away on Friday, is also being remembered as a staunch supporter of historically Black colleges in particular and higher education in general. Koch, along with his brother Charles, donated funds to HBCUs and the organizations that […]
African-American
Emory History Professor’s New Book Probes Black Youth, Criminal Justice
Emory University assistant professor of history Dr. Carl Suddler puts the intersection of race, gender, youth and incarceration under a searing spotlight in his new book, Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York.
LGBTQ+
Gender-Minority Mental Health Study: Change Needed on Campuses
Students who identify as transgender, gender-nonconforming, genderqueer and nonbinary are far more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers, Boston University researchers and collaborators reveal in an article published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Women
Acclaimed Author Paule Marshall Remembered By Scholars
Acclaimed author Paule Marshall, whose writings often reflected on her own heritage, the complexity of Black identities and racism, has died at the age of 90. Scholars say the Brooklyn-born daughter of Barbadian immigrants was an inspiring literary figure whose empowerment of African-diaspora women touched a wide and diverse audience.
Women
Advocacy and New AMA Presidency Define Harris’ Career in Psychiatry
Rather than getting career inspiration from her family and friends, Dr. Patrice Harris’ interest in the medical field sparked from watching a television show. Now the West Virginia University alumna is a veteran psychiatrist and the first African-American woman to become president of the American Medical Association.
Women
Nonprofit to Implement Global Education Program for Girls
Plan International USA, a non-profit organization focused on ending poverty, recently received a $12-million donation to fund a new program to help young girls around the world pursue an education and feel safe within their communities.
Latinx
Pew Study: Faculty-Student Diversity Divide Persists
Faculty are slowly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse – but not nearly as diverse as their students, a Pew Research Center study found.
LGBTQ+
College Removes Transgender Student from Campus Housing After Surgery
A 21-year-old transgender man says Welch College, a private religious school in Tennessee, kicked him out after he got breast-reduction surgery, the Associated Press has reported. Yanna Awtrey says he was outed to school officials, who ordered him to conceal his gender identity and attend Christian therapy. Awtrey said he started transitioning in the spring […]
African-American
New Partnership Funds Textbooks for 1,000 HBCU Students
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has partnered with Cengage, an education and technology company, to provide 1,000 students from historically Black colleges and universities with free access to digital textbooks for a semester. Students chosen by UNCF will get subscriptions to Cengage Unlimited, which comes with test preparation resources, study guides and more than […]
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