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Analyzing the Social Justice Implications of the Critical Race Theory Debate

Scholars say that while social justice and critical race theory are not synonymous, they are important components in the fight for equity — along with antiracism.

April 7, 2022

Dr. Chandra Ford

Berea College to Celebrate the Life and Legacy of bell hooks

Berea College will host a tribute to distinguished professor in residence in Appalachian studies, author, and leading feminist scholar bell hooks, who died in December.

April 6, 2022

Bell Hooks Life Legacy And Love

Morgan State University to Hold Tribute for Earl G. Graves, Sr., Founder of Black Enterprise

On April 6, Morgan State University will host a tribute to the memory of its alumnus Earl G. Graves Sr, founder of Black Enterprise, the magazine launched in 1970 for Black professionals and entrepreneurs.

April 5, 2022

Earl G. Graves, Sr., founder of Black Enterprise magazine.

African-American

What We Can Learn From San Diego State University

The case of a professor using racial epithets in the classroom, could be a lesson for other institutions.

March 14, 2022

Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at the University of Alabama, Dead at 92

Dr. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama, namesake of the Autherine Lucy Hall on campus, has died. She was 92 years old.

March 2, 2022

1956 Press Photo of Autherine Lucy.

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

The memory table set up outside the Speech Language Pathology Office at Alabama A&M University.

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

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

Lenora M. Green

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

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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

Photo By Malu Laker On Unsplash

Dr. Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman Featured on U.S. Quarter

January 11, 2022

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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

Dr. Ray Block Jr.

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

Maurice Jones, CEO of One Ten

UNCF Kicks Off First Annual Social Justice Week

November 15, 2021

Uncf Meta Yo Flame

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

The Bray School building before its east and west wing additions were added in the 1920s.