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Native Americans

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern Tribes

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern TribesHARTFORD, Conn. The modern-day reawakening of American Indian groups across New England could spawn something never seen on the East Coast: a college dedicated to the region’s estimated 40,000 people with native roots. A tribal college would offer a connecting point for New England’s […]

December 15, 2004

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill

After Delays, Congress Wraps Up Budget Bill Minority-serving colleges gain small increasesBy Charles DervaricsCollege access programs and minority-serving colleges would gain small increases while Pell Grants may face more uncertainty under a long-awaited 2005 education budget bill that will become law soon.Part of a $388-billion omnibus spending bill for more than a dozen federal agencies, […]

December 15, 2004

African-American

‘Staying Black’ While Attending College

‘Staying Black’ While Attending CollegeBy Dr. Dena R. WallersonSome of our Black students today face a peculiar dilemma when they arrive at college. They must negotiate the demands of proving that they have not forgotten their “roots” and must demonstrate their “Blackness” to others while getting a college education. For Black students attending schools where […]

December 15, 2004

African-American

‘In the Front Yard of the U.S. Capitol’

‘In the Front Yard of the U.S. Capitol’U.S. Rep. and legendary civil rights activist John Lewis, D-Ga., has long pushed for an African American history museum to be constructed on the National Mall in Washington. However, many officials say that the new National Museum of the American Indian occupies the last site on the Mall. […]

December 1, 2004

Native Americans

Preserving Native Traditions

Preserving Native TraditionsThe National Museum of the American Indian gives Native peoples, scholars permission to claim their voices, share their storiesBy Kendra HamiltonThere’s a monumental new presence rising above the elm trees on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., — and it’s not like anything else you’ll see there. It’s as if a vision from […]

December 1, 2004

Asian American Pacific Islander

Black Journalists Association Concerned About Impact

Black Journalists Association Concerned About Impact Of Downsizing on Newsroom DiversityWASHINGTON The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is troubled over the impact on newsroom diversity as the news media industry continues its steady pace of layoffs, buyouts and downsizing. At least five Black journalists were among more than 60 newsroom staffers recently let go […]

December 1, 2004

African-American

Ohio African Americans Cast Important Votes in Presidential Election

Ohio African Americans Cast Important Votes in Presidential ElectionDid African American voters help tip Ohio to President Bush’s column in the 2004 election? A respected analyst thinks so.Bush captured 16 percent of the African American vote in that swing state this year, up from just 9 percent in 2000, says Dr. David Bositis, senior research […]

December 1, 2004

Hazing and Pledging — Not Synonymous Terms

Hazing and Pledging — Not Synonymous TermsThis is a response to the question asked by Dr. (Ricky) Jones in the Oct. 21, 2004, edition of Black Issues (see “BI Forum”) “Is it time to disband Black fraternities and sororities?”This question reminds me of the often-heard refrain, “Is it time to disband HBCUs?” At this historical […]

December 1, 2004

Native Americans

African American Art Front and Center

African American Art Front and CenterThree years ago we featured Paul R. Jones, following his decision to donate his extensive collection of African American art to the University of Delaware (see Black Issues, March 29, 2001). And three years later, the University of Delaware has completed a $4.6 million renovation of a campus building to […]

December 1, 2004

University of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano Program

University of New Mexico Changing Name of Chicano ProgramALBUQUERQUE, N.M.The University of New Mexico’s Chicano studies program, begun in 1971 during the activism movement of the 1960s and 1970s, is becoming the Southwest Hispanic studies program. Its director, Dr. Enrique Lamadrid, said the new name will be published in UNM’s catalog for the fall. The […]

November 17, 2004

African-American

Furious Flower Poetry Conference Causes a Bit of Fury

Furious Flower Poetry Conference Causes a Bit of Fury Anniversary celebration brings together creative and controversial forcesBy Kendra Hamilton HARRISONBURG, Va. Most of the 370 poets and scholars of poetry who descended on James Madison University for the 10th anniversary celebration of the landmark “Furious Flower” conference had no idea that the organizers were expecting […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Growing Black Ivy

Growing Black IvyColumbia conference explores Black presence at elite schools By Ronald RoachNEW YORKOne of the many education access struggles waged by African Americans since the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board decision has proven to be one over Black representation at the eight Ivy League universities. Relating both the Brown legacy and the […]

November 17, 2004

African-American

Uncovering Frank Yerby

Uncovering Frank YerbyJourney to the Ph.D. leads one scholar to Madrid, Spain, to unravel the complexities of an expatriate best-selling novelistBy Robin V. SmilesI was working to finish the first chapter of my dissertation when the opportunity arose to travel overseas. The deal — to chaperone a group of college students to Athens, Greece. Once […]

November 3, 2004

Documenting the Diaspora

Documenting the DiasporaHistorian couple investigate Central Africa’s place in world history, rooting Black studies in an international contextBy Ronald RoachTraveling to the Vatican to study documents once belonging to a 17th-century central African diplomat may seem an unlikely project for professors in an African American studies program. But for Drs. John Thornton and Linda Heywood, […]

November 3, 2004

African-American

Gordon Parks Returns to Hero’s Welcome in Hometown

Gordon Parks Returns to Hero’s Welcome in HometownFORT SCOTT, Kan. The town that wouldn’t let Gordon Parks sit with the White people when he was growing up made it up to him in a big way with a four-day celebration of his life.In the downtown theater where, as a boy, Parks had to sit in […]

November 3, 2004

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUs

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]

November 3, 2004

University of Illinois Unveils World’s Most Powerful MRI

University of Illinois Unveils World’s Most Powerful MRICHICAGOThe University of Illinois at Chicago has introduced the world’s most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine for human studies, capable of imaging not just the anatomy but the metabolism within the brain.This advanced technology brings in a new age of metabolic imaging that will help researchers understand […]

October 20, 2004

Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?

Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?A couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite former students — now an administrator at Fisk University — called to inquire how quickly I could get Fisk on my speaking schedule. He informed me that my fraternity brothers on the campus had become the latest victimizers […]

October 20, 2004