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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Brown Moves Ahead With Plans for Slavery Memorial
A Brown University commission has asked the school to create a memorial acknowledging its early ties to the slave trade, one that would inspire reconciliation, not resurrect shame.
March 18, 2009
Students
Do Affinity Groups Create More Racial Tension on Campus?
For years, predominantly White institutions have worked to etch out a space where students of color could assemble to discuss their issues and identify mentors.
March 9, 2009
Students
Creating a Sustainable Pipeline
After the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came under fire for a lack of diversity among its tenured faculty, the school’s administration is taking steps to ensure it is welcoming to faculty of color.
February 17, 2009
Students
At 100, NAACP Still Kicking
When leaders of the NAACP gather this month to formally begin a year-long recognition of 100 years of civil rights work, they’ll be talking as much about the organization’s future as they will be honoring its past.
February 4, 2009
African-American
Black History Month 2009
New titles on African-American experiences offer remarkable depth and range.
February 4, 2009
Students
BATTLE OF THE WILLS
In Georgia, the budget crunch has prompted one state senator to propose closing some public colleges, but not the ones you think.
January 21, 2009
African-American
Most of Little Rock 9 Headed to Inauguration
President-elect Barack Obama has said the Little Rock Nine’s courage in desegregating an Arkansas public school helped make the opportunities in his life possible.
January 19, 2009
African-American
Battle of Wills, Part 2
Seth Harp found an unlikely ally in his quest to close two Georgia colleges, but he still faces an uphill fight.
January 15, 2009
African-American
Not Just Black and White
As a teenager, Dr. Anne Cheng held in awe the novel Invisible Man.
January 7, 2009
African-American
The Evolution of Barack Obama
With President-elect Barack Obama set to take the oath of office, it’s worth noting how Black Issues in Higher Education, the predecessor to Diverse, has covered him over the years.
January 7, 2009
African-American
An Unassuming College Professor
Someone unfamiliar with his work, accolades or age could easily mistake M.K. Asante, Jr. for a college student instead of a university professor. Asante’s mesh brim hat, a constant fixture in his attire, bright smile and casual demeanor radiate youth while his knowledge of film, literature and African-American history could rival that of scholars twice his age.
December 24, 2008
African-American
Beating the At-risk Odds
Family approach credited as key to Silas Craft Collegians Program’s success.
December 10, 2008
African-American
Tracking the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Via the Web
What took shape in the 1970s as data collections on the trans-Atlantic slave trade stored on mainframe computers has made its way to a world-wide audience as an interactive and searchable database on the Internet.
December 4, 2008
African-American
Diverse Calendar
Dec. 27-30 Modern Language Association 124th Annual Convention Hilton San Francisco San Francisco Marriott Fairmont San Francisco San Francisco Web: www.mla.org Jan. 4-7 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement 22nd Annual World Congress Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina Vancouver, BC, Canada Web: www.icsei2009.org Jan. 4-7 National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship 6th Annual Conference […]
November 26, 2008
African-American
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint on The Obama Effect
The psychological boost on African-Americans generated by the election of the nation’s first Black president may be tempered by hard economic times ahead, says Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, director of the Media Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
November 12, 2008
African-American
Democrats Gain in Dixie, but Racial Divide Remains
Barack Obama hardly marched across the South like General William T. Sherman, who accepted the surrender of the Conferedate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in 1865. But he certainly made some inroads.
November 5, 2008
African-American
Showing the Way
This past spring, the nation somberly noted the 40th anniversaries of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s and Robert Kennedy’s assassinations. Those anniversaries provided time for reflection about the progress Americans have made socially and politically since 1968.
October 29, 2008
Students
Diversity Now
As the University of Illinois prepares to commemorate the anniversary of Project 500, its ambitious fast-tracked minority recruitment program of 1968, alumni and faculty say they remain gratified by its legacy.
October 29, 2008
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