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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Six Months Later, Questions of Justice Haunt the Jelani Day Case
After the disappearance and death of an ISU graduate student, his family and friends still have lingering questions.
February 23, 2022
Demographics
Valerie Boyd, Biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Dead at 58
Valerie Boyd—a well-known journalist, biographer and professor at the University of Georgia—died over the weekend. She was 58 years old.
February 15, 2022
Latest News
Remembering a Pioneering ETS Leader: Lenora M. Green
Lenora Miller Green, a longtime leader at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) passed away last week. She was 65,
February 14, 2022
Latest News
Purdue University Police Officer On Leave After Arrest of Black Student
A Purdue University police officer has received death threats and was placed on leave after video surfaced of him pinning a Black student to the ground, pressing his elbow into the student’s neck. An inquiry has been launched to investigate what happened.
February 11, 2022
African-American
A Black Woman on the Bench, "Long Overdue"
Black legal scholars weigh in on President Biden's decision to name a Black woman high court.
February 10, 2022
African-American
Is ‘Race Fatigue’ Setting in? Senior Diversity Leaders Weigh in
While the country is still reeling from the dual pandemics of racism and COVID-19, many Black students and faculty members are asking: Where are we heading from here?
February 9, 2022
News Roundup
Dr. Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman Featured on U.S. Quarter
January 11, 2022
African-American
Study Finds Racial Discrimination in Responses to Emails Asking for Help
Americans are less likely to respond to a request for help from a Black person than from a white person, according to a new study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
January 3, 2022
African-American
Black Feminist Icon, bell hooks, Dead at 69
bell hooks showed how race, gender, class, sexuality, patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy were deeply intertwined.
December 15, 2021
African-American
Fifty Years of 'Soul Train'
Scholars reflect on the iconic television show that centered Blackness.
December 3, 2021
Community Colleges
One Million Degrees and One Ten Push Black Students into Social Mobility
As OMD works to improve enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates, One Ten helps companies hire those students, completing community college’s push into economic and social mobility.
December 2, 2021
News Roundup
UNCF Kicks Off First Annual Social Justice Week
November 15, 2021
African-American
Hidden in Plain Sight, A Discovery on the Campus of William & Mary
The resurrection of the Bray School, will teach a new generation about Blacks who lived in Colonial Williamsburg.
November 1, 2021
African-American
Prominent Dance Professor Kariamu Welsh Dead at 72, Leaves Behind Legacy of African Movement
October 20, 2021
African-American
Business College and Intercollegiate Fraternity Hope to Advance Leadership of Black Men in Business
October 12, 2021
African-American
ASALH Kicks Off Virtual Conference With Focus on the Black Family
September 15, 2021
African-American
Wake Forest Launches New African American Studies Program
September 7, 2021
African-American
Shaw University, Local Deeds Office Hope To Uncover Human Stories Lost to Slavery
August 24, 2021
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