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Will the Current Focus on Black Lives Matter Lead To Lasting Change?

There have been major strides and clear, sometimes violent, hostility toward America’s professed promise of equal opportunity for everyone. That reality makes it impossible to forecast how long the latest surge in race-equity initiatives will last, several scholars contend, adding that anything short of systemic change isn’t really change at all.

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Stanford’s African and African American Studies Program Moves Closer to Department Status

Stanford University’s African and African American Studies (AAAS) program is now in the process of becoming a department, thanks to a task force recommendation accepted by Dr. Persis Drell, Stanford’s provost, and Dr. Debra Satz, dean of Stanford’s School of Humanities & Sciences, reported Stanford Today. After the murder of George Floyd last May, a […]

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This San Francisco State Professor Celebrates Black Culture In and Out of the Classroom

Literature has always been prevalent in every aspect of Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta’s life.

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AMA and Satcher Health Leadership Institute Launch Health Equity Fellowship Program

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine have established a new post-doctoral fellowship program that aims to prepare physicians to address health inequities. Each year, the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship program will train 10 physicians on tackling root causes of inequity and racism, aiming […]

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Morehouse, Spelman to Host New Center for Black Entrepreneurship

Bank of America, the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, Morehouse College and Spelman College have announced the establishment of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE). The CBE will be housed in two new facilities on the campuses of Spelman and Morehouse, the two historically Black institutions in Atlanta. “Our students will learn to build strong businesses […]

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Morgan State University Receives $20 Million Gift to Bolster Scholarship Fund

Morgan State University (MSU) has received $20 million from alumnus and philanthropist Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife, Tina, to increase and expand the Calvin and Tina Tyler Endowed Scholarship Fund, which was first created in 2002. This $20 million gift is the largest alum contribution of its kind to a historically Black college […]

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Wake Forest Launches African American Studies Program

Wake Forest University will offer both a major and minor in African American Studies. Propelled by faculty and led by a prestigious scholar on race, Wake Forest’s African American Studies program received an enormous boost with an anonymous $1 million gift.

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Three New Jersey Universities Suffer Racist Attacks at Black History Month Events

Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have reported racist incidents during virtual Black History Month events, CNN reported. The three New Jersey schools have said they are investigating. Rutgers faced a “Zoom-bombing” during its Black History Month programs. Also at the school, another attack took place at the Feb. 11 […]

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This UCLA Doctoral Student Cohort Is Majority Black. Here’s What a Group of Faculty Did to Make It Happen

In the urban schooling division of UCLA’s graduate school of education and information studies, this doctoral student cohort is majority Black. Black faculty, with support from their colleagues, have been proactively recruiting these students, taking a cluster hire approach to graduate education.

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When You’re Not a Child: Police Violence and Child Social Justice

On January 29th, 2021, in Rochester, New York, three adult police officers handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old, Black girl before forcing her into a police car. As she refused to get into the car, repeatedly screaming for her father, one of the police officers was caught on body camera scolding her, “You’re acting like a child.” She immediately responded, “I am a child!”

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Jamaal O. Bailey: An HBCU Servant Leader

Jamaal O. Bailey spent 12 years advocating for historically Black colleges and universities at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. To him, this feels like a hopeful moment for the institutions, financially and politically.

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Eight HBCUs to Receive $650,000 to Preserve Campuses

Several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will receive more than $650,000 in grants to preserve their campuses as part of the new HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative, CBS 17 reported. The eight recipients will be Benedict College, Jackson State University, Lane College, Morgan State University, Philander Smith College, Spelman College, Stillman College and Tuskegee […]

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