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University of Oregon Program Puts Teens on Course

Sunday marked the first day of 2011’s Oregon Young Scholars Program, a weeklong residential program for “historically underrepresented” high-school-age students from a targeted group of schools in the Portland and Eugene areas.

Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History

Two dozen college teachers from around the country are participating this month in a Harvard program aimed at training professors to integrate more Black history into their classrooms and research projects.

Patricia Sullivan

Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Southern University Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal judge has tossed out a reverse discrimination suit against Texas Southern University by a White faculty member who was terminated for his questionable handling of scholarship funds.

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Art Falling Out of Favor?

Transnational nature of contemporary art draws in history from around the world, thus requiring the academy to change its teaching strategy.

Dr. Patricia Hills

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Black Seaman’s 1861 Heroics Recalled in New Film

Among highlights in the documentary “Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider” is the story of William Tillman, a Black seaman whose heroics thwarted the sale of a schooner that had been captured by the Jefferson Davis, a Southern privateer that seized several Union ships during the Civil War.

William Tillman

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Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90

Dr. Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island’s native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital’s colonial district, died Thursday.

Dr. Ricardo Alegria

Faculty & Staff

First African-American Named to Lead Lexington Theological Seminary

The flagship seminary of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) made history last week when trustees voted to name Dr. Charisse Gillett, the 17th president of the Lexington Theological Seminary.

Charisse Gilbert

Native Americans

Native American Rights Lawyer, Former University of Colorado Law Dean Dies at 68

The Boulder Daily Camera reports that university officials say David Getches died at his home on Tuesday of pancreatic cancer.

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University of Delaware Art Conservationists Restore Historic African-American Mural

A mural painted by the late African-American artist Aaron Douglas is currently undergoing restoration by University of Delaware Professor Joyce Stoner and five student conservationists.

Mural restoration

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Southern Swamp Holds Clues About Runaway Slaves

The oppressive heat, venomous serpents and boot-snatching muck that made the Great Dismal Swamp a barrier to European settlement ever since colonial times also made it a haven for thousands of people escaping slavery before the Civil War.

Great Dismal Swamp

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U.S. Rep. Clyburn Defends S.C. State Research Center

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn blamed former Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday for delays in building a South Carolina State University transportation center that bears his name and said that has contributed to fundraising issues.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

Predominantly Black Fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi Marks 100 Years

A traditionally Black fraternity formed at Indiana University in Bloomington is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Kappa Alpha Psi

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