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Fisk University: An American Treasure Worth Supporting

I admit that I have a special place for Fisk University in my heart. It is the first historically Black institution I ever visited. The campus is quaint, pretty, and jam-packed with African-American history and treasures. My dissertation, and first book, pertained to Fisk University President Charles S. Johnson and his ability to raise money […]

August 15, 2010

SREB Honors 500th Ph.D. Recipient from Doctoral Program

The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program honored Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson as its 500th doctoral scholar at the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) annual meeting in West Virginia.

June 28, 2010

African-American

Howard University Hosts John Hope Franklin Tribute

Scholars who convened last week at Howard for a three-day symposium on Dr. John Hope Franklin’s career agreed that his memory will forever live through his scholarship.

April 11, 2010

John Hope Franklin

Reviews: Catching Up on the Black History Book Bounty

Biographies of the legendary basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the late jazz singer Nina Simone were among the volumes released during the publishing industry’s February push to launch books documenting the Black experience in America.

March 8, 2010

Nolan Richardson

DIVERSE BOOKSHELF: Holiday Helpings

Here are a few delectable dishes that can satisfy any literary appetite until the new year.

December 23, 2009

Diverse Presents John Hope Franklin Award to Arturo Madrid

Pictured with Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown, Dr. Madrid, a renown scholar, was presented the award medallion during Excelencia’s 2009 Examples of Excelencia program.

December 22, 2009

AWARDING EXCELLENCE

The Examples of Excelencia, sponsored by Excelencia in Education, is the only national program to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels.

September 16, 2009

Awarding Excellence

Dr. Arturo Madrid The fourth annual Celebracion de Excelencia will be held Sept. 30 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Atrium in Washington, D.C. The Examples of Excelencia, sponsored by Excelencia in Education, is the only national program to identify programs with evidence of effectiveness in accelerating Latino student success at the associate, baccalaureate and […]

September 16, 2009

Confederate Archives Find Unlikely Transcribers

When Ariel Brown was offered a chance to transcribe the correspondence of the first family of the Confederacy, the history major with a keen interest in the South seized the opportunity.

July 20, 2009

Leadership & Policy

In Memoriam

In our 25 years of publishing, we¡¯ve lost some friends along the way.

June 10, 2009

Celebrating the Life and Legacy Of Dr. John Hope Franklin

Dr. John Hope Franklin chronicled the experiences of African-Americans like no one before him, forcing America to recognize Black history as American history. His contributions innumerable, his impact abiding. Here, scholars Robert Harris, David Levering-Lewis, John French and Clifton Wharton Jr. write about the celebrated scholar and activist.

June 10, 2009

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.

April 15, 2009

Remembering a Legend: John Hope Franklin

In 1997, while I was doing my dissertation research, I had the wonderful opportunity to interview historian John Hope Franklin. As a doctoral student, I was nervous about the interview and lacked confidence in my knowledge of American history. Here I was about to interview one of the nation’s great historians. Within minutes, my nervousness […]

March 31, 2009

Reviving The Great Debaters Tradition

Seventy-eight collegiate teams are competing this week at the National Debate Tournament Championships (NDT), chartered and sanctioned by the American Forensics Association. Not one of them is a historically Black college or university. The worst news is that the vast majority of the teams in the NDT do not have a single African-American debater.

March 26, 2009

‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) ‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’ By Hilary Hurd Anyaso “Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him. Dr. Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus at UChicago, where […]

March 25, 2009

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)

“Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.

March 25, 2009

Breaking News: Historian John Hope Franklin Dies

Noted historian Dr. John Hope Franklin, whose scholarship increased the nation’s understanding and knowledge of African-Americans in its history, died of congestive heart failure this morning in Durham, N.C.

March 24, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Cosby: Black Colleges Should Demand More from Alumni

Noted author and humorist Bill Cosby recently took historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to task for not making their alumni give back.

October 28, 2008