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Most Diverse Class of Plebes Enters Naval Academy

The U.S. Naval Academy earlier this month swore in its most racially diverse class ever.

Naval Academy Names Sports Complex in Honor of First Black Graduate

Wesley Brown was told he had little-to-no chance of graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. Earlier this month, the academy named its new $50 million sports complex in honor of Brown, its first Black graduate.

A Historical Omission

Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and colleagues were puzzled to learn of a major World War II documentary to air without the voices of Latino veterans. And then the campaign began.

African-American

Number of Blacks Joining Military Down

WASHINGTON The number of Blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Other job prospects are soaring and relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining the armed services.

Supreme Court ruling on VMI not a legal burden to HBCUs – Virginia Military Institute, historically Black colleges and universities

Historically Black colleges and universities probably won’t face another legal barrage now that the Supreme Court has eradicated single-gender education at Virginia Military Institute, discrimination law experts say.

Leadership & Policy

The Citadel subpoenas women who left

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel has subpoenaed two female cadets who left the college alleging they were hazed by male cadets, the military school’s president said.

African-American

Georgia Tech Markets Educational Opportunities In Order To Boost Minority Graduate Enrollment

Georgia Tech’s FOCUS recruiting program helps the school remain a top producer of Black engineering master’s degrees and doctorates. Program founder Robert Haley, a former IBM sales professional, says marketing is the key ingredient to success.

Faculty & Staff

In Memorian

In Memorian Gerald M. Boyd: The first Black managing editor of the New York Times, Boyd was instrumental in coverage that won the newspaper three Pulitzers: for articles about the first World Trade Center bombing, for a series on children of poverty, and for a series on race relations in the United States. It was […]

Native Americans

The Learning Path of Patty Loew

Three years ago, while researching archival photographs and records for a documentary on American Indian war veterans…

Academy Removes Questions About Racial and Religious Preference

ANNAPOLIS, Md. After protests from civil rights groups, questions about racial and religious preference have been removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s application form that allows local families to sponsor midshipmen.

U.S. Military Academies Open To Iraqi Students

BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that it will begin accepting applications from Iraqis who want to attend U.S. military academies.

Air Force Coach Under Fire

Air Force Academy head football coach Fisher DeBerry, expressing frustration after a recent…

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