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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
In the Wake of George Floydâs Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice Initiatives
In the wake of George Floydâs death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received âa substantial giftâ to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Following George Floydâs Death, Virginia and California Community Colleges to Review Police Training
The community college systems of Virginia and California will review their police training curricula in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. The Virginia system will create a panel to examine the curricula used to educate law enforcement officers across its 23 colleges, said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginiaâs [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Troy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd Comments
Troy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made âinflammatoryâ comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
Mo Williams: Top Black Student-Athletes Should Switch to HBCUs
To protest systemic racism, Black student-athletes enrolled in Division I (D-I) institutions should transfer to historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs), said Mo Williams, who was named head coach of the menâs basketball program at Alabama State University, a historically Black institution, last month. In tweets following the death of George Floyd in police custody, [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
African-American
U of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floydâs Memorial Service
The University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first [âŚ]
June 4, 2020
Students
A Battle for the Soul of Our Nation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a long way from Brunswick, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky. Yet the three areas are now inextricably linked by the recent tragedies that befell African- American citizens â murdered in those locations by citizen vigilantes or police officers. Each illuminates a teachable moment that we would do well to learn from, and demonstrates that even during a historic pandemic, when we are all supposedly âin this together,â that we still have a long way to go as a society before we truly reach âtogetherness.â
June 4, 2020
Students
After Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor Resigns
Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.
June 3, 2020
African-American
UCLA âTroubledâ the LAPD Is Using the University Stadium as a âField Jailâ During Protests
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is upset that the cityâs police department is using the universityâs Jackie Robinson Stadium as a âfield jailâ for people detained during demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd. That the Los Angeles Police Department was using the stadium in this manner was brought to the universityâs attention [âŚ]
June 3, 2020
African-American
UVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floydâs Death
Jim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
June 2, 2020
African-American
A Letter to George Floyd
I do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege was my birthright. Poverty, and homosexuality, and a propensity toward obesity were equally my birthright, and I have experienced prejudice for all of those reasons. Still, I do not pretend to know what it feels like to be racially profiled or to know that my ancestors were violently separated from their homeland and brought in chains to serve people whose race is the same as mine.
June 2, 2020
African-American
As Hundreds of Students Join George Floyd Protests, Some Black Students Become Targets of Police
As hundreds of college students nationwide joined the George Floyd protests over the weekend, police used force against some Black students in incidents that some college leaders said are yet more examples of systemic racism and excessive police action. âThis is the exact kind of policing behavior thousands have been protesting,â tweeted the Georgia chapter [âŚ]
June 1, 2020
African-American
Survey: Students of Color Report Greater Academic, Emotional Toll From Pandemic
In an online survey from the Global Strategy Group and The Education Trust, students of color and low income students reported greater academic, financial and emotional tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic than did the general student population. The survey, conducted online from May 14-19, collected feedback from a pool of 1,010 two-year, four-year and undergraduate [âŚ]
June 1, 2020
African-American
The Weaponry of Whiteness, Entitlement, and Privilege
Today, in 2020, African-Americans are sick and tired of not being able to live. African Americans are weary of not being able to breathe, walk, or run. Black men in this country are brutalized, criminalized, demonized, and disproportionately penalized. Black women in this country are stigmatized, sexualized, and labeled as problematic, loud, angry, and unruly. Black men and women are being hunted down and shot like dogs. Black men and women are being killed with their face to the ground and a knee on their neck.
June 1, 2020
African-American
HBCU Meharry Medical College Gets NIH Support to Advance COVID-19 Drug Development
The historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Friday that it will get vital research and technical support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance its development of a drug for patients infected with COVID-19.
May 31, 2020
African-American
American University Starts a New Race, Gender and Culture Studies Department
American University will launch a new Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies this coming fall in an effort to build âa truly equitable, visionary university.â The university said in a statement that the department grew out of the former Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies Collaborative (CRGC), formed in 2015. âThe transformation of [âŚ]
May 29, 2020
African-American
Meharry Proposes Consortium of HBCU Med Schools to Tackle COVID-19âs Uneven Toll
The president of the historically Black Meharry Medical College said on Wednesday that a consortium of the nationâs four Black medical schools would be the group best prepared to tackle the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black people and communities of color.
May 27, 2020
African-American
How Gender and Racial Discrimination Lead to a Double Wage Gap for African American Women
A recent report details how gender and racial wage gaps fuel corporate profits and leave African American women involuntarily forfeiting billions of dollars in wages.
May 26, 2020
African-American
Mentorship Helps Black Women Thrive in Legal Profession
While the barriers are steep for Black women in law, supportive networks and opportunities exist to turn obstacles into societal change.
May 17, 2020
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