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Native Americans
New Program Aimed at American Indian College Students
The state plans to start a program this summer in an attempt to increase the number of American Indian…
December 28, 2005
LGBTQ+
Supreme Court Signals Support
The Supreme Court appeared ready earlier this month to rule against colleges that want to limit…
December 28, 2005
Latinx
Leveraging Potential
Dr. Stanley Battle, president of Coppin State University, takes comfort in knowing that his “children” are close by…
December 28, 2005
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African-American
Vying to Beat the Golfing Odds
Most of the golfers at the 2004 Queenstown Maryland Futures Tour had caddies who calculated the…
December 28, 2005
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African-American
Making History
Making History Dr. Marvalene Hughes, the first female or African-American to be named president of California State University-Stanislaus, is named president of Dillard University, also making her the Louisiana university’s first female president. Dr. JoAnn W. Haysbert, provost of Hampton University in Hampton, Va., becomes the first female president of historically Black Langston University and […]
December 28, 2005
Sports
In Memoriam
In Memoriam Ossie Davis, actor, playwright, producer, activist, and husband to actress Ruby Dee, was 87 when he died in February from natural causes. Wrote poet Haki Madhubuti in his tribute to Davis: “His art fed us, allowing us to grow and, yes, finally appreciate his greatness and his genius. He was, indeed, our golden […]
December 28, 2005
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Students
Evaluating Evaluations: Answering the Unasked Question
W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question…
December 28, 2005
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Disabilties
Oregon Health & Science University Board Nominee Bows Out After Joke Falls Flat
When asked on a form he was filling out if he had a disability, former state Sen. Neil Bryant wrote…
December 22, 2005
Students
Southern California University Denies Charter to Christian Group
California State University, San Bernardino has refused to allow a Christian group to organize on campus…
December 21, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
University of Arkansas Revives Black Studies Program
More than two years after the Black studies program at the University of Arkansas was left…
December 20, 2005
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African-American
Harvard President Summers Marries Professor
Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers married Harvard professor Elisa New last weekend in a ceremony…
December 14, 2005
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Students
Ford Foundation Selects University of Missouri-Columbia for $100,000 Diversity Project
After a national competition in undergraduate education that drew more than 675 proposals…
December 14, 2005
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Students
Colorado University Police Investigating
University of Colorado, which has recently been hit with a string of racially tinged incidents…
December 14, 2005
Students
Hispanic, Diversity-based Greek Organizations
The University of Alabama, a landmark in the fight over racial segregation…
December 14, 2005
Native Americans
American Indian Law Courses Headed
The University of Richmond School of Law will offer a course examining the laws that manage relationships…
December 14, 2005
Asian American Pacific Islander
Swept Into the Background
The entire world saw the images of Black New Orleans residents left homeless…
December 14, 2005
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African-American
Growing Number of Black Families Attracted to Home Schooling
Denise Armstrong decided to home school her two sons and daughter because she thought she…
December 5, 2005
Latinx
Neither Enemies Nor Friends
In Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos, the 15 contributing authors explore relationships between Blacks, Latinos and Afro-Latinos, and point out both the striking similarities and differences in the racial politics of the Americas…
November 30, 2005
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