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African-American
College Board Disputes Florida Claims of Similar Language in African American Studies Course
The College Board rejected claims that parts of the state's new, embattled history standards align with an AP African American Studies course the state banned earlier this year.
July 28, 2023
African-American
Massasoit Community College to Become First Massachusetts Two-Year School to Offer Black Studies Degree
Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts, will begin offering a Black Studies degree
July 28, 2023
African-American
Gallaudet University Honors Black Deaf Students and Black Teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes
Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing students, honored Saturday the 24 Black deaf students and four Black teachers of the Kendall School Division II for Negroes, which operated on the school campus from 1952-1954.
July 24, 2023
Social Justice
Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora
Dartmouth College has launched the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life (IBICL), a research center focused on the study of the Black diaspora.
July 21, 2023
African-American
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, Appointed President and CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III, will become president and CEO of social justice organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
July 17, 2023
Social Justice
New Scholarship Program Established for Descendants Of Jesuit And Catholic Slaveholding
A new scholarship program aims to provide educational advancement opportunities to descendants of Jesuit and Catholic slaveholding.
July 7, 2023
African-American
Grandmothering While Black
In her new book, Pittman dissects the romanticization and pathologizing of Black grandmothers’ caring labor.
June 20, 2023
African-American
Morgan State to Become First HBCU Marching Band in International D-Day Normandy Parade
Morgan State University’s marching band, the Magnificent Marching Machine, will be the first from a HBCU to participate in the international D-Day Normandy Parade.
June 5, 2023
African-American
Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Launch Institute, to Host Convening
Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation have launched the NCBCP TWD Jr. Institute.
May 30, 2023
African-American
Northwestern University to Rename African American Studies Department
Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies.
May 12, 2023
Best Practices
Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color
Education leaders and researchers discussed ways to recruit and retain Black males to the teaching profession.
May 10, 2023
Military
Norwich University Commends One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen with Honorary Doctorate
Norwich University recently honored Brigadier Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
May 4, 2023
African-American
Community College Campus Proposed as Location for a State Historic Marker about Desegregation
Virginia Western Community College’s campus in Roanoke has been proposed as the location for a new state historic marker about ties between desegregation and the creation of the state’s community college system.
April 28, 2023
African-American
Four Pennsylvania Men Charged after Harassing and Assaulting Black Lehigh University Student
Four Pennsylvania men have been charged after a Black Lehigh University student was allegedly called a racial slur, chased to his dorm, and assaulted.
April 28, 2023
African-American
The College Board to Again Revise AP African American Studies Course
The College Board will again revise its AP African American studies course, which has drawn criticism and controversy.
April 25, 2023
African-American
Governor Wes Moore to Deliver Keynote at Morehouse Commencement
Wes Moore, Maryland’s first Black governor, will be the keynote speaker at Morehouse College’s 139th commencement.
April 19, 2023
Demographics
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception
WASHINGTON — Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist who recently retired as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), was honored with a Dr. John Hope Franklin Award last Friday night by Diverse.
April 14, 2023
African-American
Research Course on African Americans in Education Held Ahead of AERA Conference
The 13th Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Education hosted 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students on Wednesday.
April 12, 2023
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