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Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding

Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.

African-American

Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day

Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.

Charleston during Civil War

Arizona State Graduate in Limbo Over Immigration Status

Undocumented immigrants like Angelica Hernandez who were brought here as children have virtually no chance of earning legal status under current federal immigration laws.

Angelica Hernandez

Asian American Pacific Islander

More Than a Tiger Mom

Celebrated but controversial author and Yale University law professor Amy Chua’s takes on world geopolitics have long been a hot topic in the academy.

Leadership & Policy

African Burial Ground to Be Restored in Richmond, Va.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved the transfer of the African Burial Ground to the city, clearing the way for asphalt and gravel to be removed from the site in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom.

Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream

This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.

Obama at Miami Dade

African-American

Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Khalil Muhammad

DREAM Act Enters New Phase Among Certain Progressive States

States instituting laws antagonizing undocumented immigrants have surged, while the number of states that allow undocumented students to get in-state tuition have peaked.

African-American

SUNO/UNO Merger Scrapped for Lack of Support

House Speaker Jim Tucker, sponsor of the legislation, said that he doesn’t have the two-thirds support needed for passage and doesn’t expect to be able to get the votes this legislative session.

Taking Action to Abandon Offensive American Indian Mascots Often Mired in Controversy

Six years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy that penalizes schools that use American Indian mascots, nicknames or logos.

A student at Miami University of Ohio says an American Indian headdress he wore to show school spirit got him thrown out of a home football game.

African-American

Work of Chinese American Activist Documented in New Book

Dr. Scott Kurashige spent more than 10 years collecting and editing activist Grace Lee Boggs’ speeches and newspaper articles into The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.

African-American

Town Hall Meeting: Shortage of Black Male Teachers Looms as Many Choose High-Paying Professions

Award-winning teachers told inspirational stories during a U.S. Education Department TEACH campaign forum to get more college students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds, to join the ranks of American educators.

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