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Students
A Rich History
Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.
August 8, 2007
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African-American
Museum guide program reflects NYC diversity
NEW YORK When a young boy loses interest in a museum tour, guide Hassan Mohamed expertly draws him back in.
July 28, 2007
African-American
Past may be destroyed: Development threatens hidden artifacts
GREENSBORO N.C. Mark Willis and several of his friends have spent decades combing the fields, stream banks and woods north of Greensboro in search of lost treasure.
July 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Rare Letter for Sale: Pardon of Black Underground RR Hero
PHILADELPHIA A letter that documents President Franklin Pierce’s pardon of a black man who harbored slaves went up for sale Monday.
July 18, 2007
African-American
Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit
NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.
July 17, 2007
African-American
The Edge of Heaven – Review
The Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.
July 15, 2007
African-American
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man – Review
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vintage Books, $12.00, 256 pages.
July 14, 2007
Students
Bi News Briefs
At Central State: Prosecutors Resume Investigation; Fund-Raising Drive Benefits Needy Students
July 14, 2007
African-American
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible – Review
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 480 pages.
July 14, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Professional APPOINTMENTS
KARSTEN J.Y. CASH is the new director of the Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He comes to UMC from Eastern Illinois University, where he was an academic advisor for the Gateway Program. Cash earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Wesleyan University (Conn.); and a master’s degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
July 14, 2007
African-American
Just a Nappy-Headed Sister with the PC Blues – Review
I’ve worn my hair shorn close to my head for at least the last 10 years, from time to time letting it get a wild and wooly inch or so past my scalp. I’m a member of the “happy is nappy” school, and gleefully so. For years, I wore the T-shirt of a sister whose naps could be used as the illustration that went with a sign that said “happy is nappy.”
July 14, 2007
Students
Cyber Diversity – online instruction
It’s not unusual that all 15 students in one of Dr. Maureen Eke’s African American literature course sections at Central Michigan University are White. What’s striking, however, is that Black students and their Black professor from a campus located hundreds of miles away are beamed onto a large television screen to join Dr. Eke and her students in class discussions and lectures.
July 14, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Alabama’s Decree Of Difficulty
Despite a court order, achieving racial parity still appears a long way off
July 14, 2007
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African-American
UTC Surpasses Undergraduate Desegregation Target
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The Univer-sity of Tennessee-Chattanooga is the only school in the UT system to meet its court-ordered desegregation goal this fall, university administrators say.
July 14, 2007
Students
On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise In An Era Of Rising Student Consumerism
ON HIGHER EDUCATION: THE ACADEMIC ENTERPRISE IN AN ERA OF RISING STUDENT CONSUMERISM
July 14, 2007
Students
Large Black Voter Turnout Helped Usher In New House Leadership
Strong voter turnout among African Americans helped Democrats pick up five U.S. House of Representatives seats and avoid any net losses in the Senate in the November 3 election.
July 14, 2007
Students
The Epitome of Inequality
Alabama’s all-but-level higher education playing field is a case study in what’s wrong with higher education’s commitment to equity and diversity
July 14, 2007
African-American
What’s New
Last month, the University of Maryland-College Park announced the establishment of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora. The center will offer the opportunity to study Africa and the African Diaspora from multidisciplinary perspectives — particularly the arts, languages, literature, and history.
July 14, 2007
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