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Section: Demographics
African-American
Philly Requiring Black History Course for High-Schoolers
The board governing Philadelphia’s schools decided a lesson on Black history was needed — for everybody…
February 22, 2006
Students
Clemson Best Practices Conference
In an academic climate where affirmative action continues to come under attack, creating a campus environment to help…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Remembering Nellie McKay
Much of America learned of the death of Dr. Nellie McKay, the distinguished literature professor who died at the age of…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Slavery Apology University of Virginia Would Improve Racial Climate, University Official says
A University of Virginia administrator says an apology for slavery by the university would help heal the campus…
February 22, 2006
Students
Celebration or Placebo?
“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Celebrating Black History Month
Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Black America, Then and Now
Living Black History: How Re-Imagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial FutureBy Manning MarableBasic Civitas Books, 2006288 pp., $26.00 cloth, ISBN: 0465043895 Are the stars of the civil rights movement yesterday’s news? In Living Black History, scholar and activist Manning Marable offers a resounding “No!” with a fresh and personal look at the enduring […]
February 22, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Brandeis University (Mass.) received a $25 million donation from Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro for a new 175,000-square-foot science center. The $154 million facility will be named the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center. The donation matches the largest in school history, also given by the Shapiro family for the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center. […]
February 22, 2006
Latinx
New Study Looks at Fragile Futures
Many high-achieving Latino students miss the opportunity to succeed academically because their needs are poorly understood…
February 21, 2006
Disabilties
Computer-Based Technology Helping Kids With Disabilities Find Their Voice, Say Penn State Researchers
Laptop computers that combine features from popular toys with innovative technology have rapidly accelerated the learning and communication ability of children with disabilities…
February 21, 2006
African-American
University of Kansas Professors’ Film on Confederate States Set for National Premiere
“CSA: The Confederate States of America,” a satirical movie by two University of Kansas film professors that examines life after the South wins the Civil War…
February 16, 2006
LGBTQ+
HIV Prevention Programs in U.S. Target Black Audiences
The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day brought university students to Roosevelt University’s auditorium in downtown Chicago last week to hear some music…
February 9, 2006
African-American
Making the Past Present
Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.” On the job since July, the founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture knows that the “eyes of the world” are trained on him now…
February 8, 2006
African-American
A Rich and Complex History
To all of us who celebrate Black History Month, Diverse delivers an inviting array of feature stories that showcase the intellectual…
February 8, 2006
Native Americans
Tribal Leaders Reject Donation of Abramoff Money
The Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council has rejected a $111,000 donation from the campaign of Montana Sen. Conrad Burns…
February 8, 2006
African-American
Duke University Sociologist Examines
As an active member of his Brooklyn community, Roy Hastick takes plenty of inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream…
February 8, 2006
African-American
Making the Past Present
Historian Lonnie G. Bunch III talks often about “the ancestors.” On the job since July, the founding director of the…
February 8, 2006
Asian American Pacific Islander
Working Outside the System
Every January, the nation pauses to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holding just as much meaning…
February 8, 2006
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