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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Obama Signs Black College Executive Order
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
February 28, 2010
Students
Ex-Obama Adviser Will Become Princeton Fellow
President Barack Obamaâs former âgreen jobsâ adviser will teach at Princeton University.
February 25, 2010
African-American
Black History Month Special: Oberlinâs Celebrated, But Difficult History
In his new book, the Oberlin emeritus archivist and professor of history talks about how his book painstakingly unravels clues of how the college faced the challenges of establishing a racially and culturally diverse institution from 1835 up to 2007.
February 24, 2010
Students
Decades in the Making, Ellisonâs Unfinished Second Novel Emerges as Essential Read
Edited by scholars and published by Random House, Ralph Ellisonâs Three Days Before the ShootingâŚThe Unfinished Second Novel is a stirring, 1,000-plus page testimony to a process the brilliant author began soon after his masterpiece Invisible Man was written.
February 22, 2010
Students
HBCU Case Study Documents How Schools Can Help Students Pay Back Loans
A new report released Tuesday called âLowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,â argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.
February 22, 2010
Students
UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History
The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.
February 18, 2010
African-American
Racially-Targeted Billboard Campaign Links African-Americans, Abortion
Among African-American leaders opposing a racially-targeted pro-life billboard campaign, Spelman College professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall called the effort a gimmick to âbait Black peopleâ into becoming anti-abortion.
February 16, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Black Professor Denied Tenure at Emerson Vindicated by Report
Emerson College has released a report produced by an independent panel that has found fault with the institutionâs tenure process.
February 15, 2010
Students
Leaders Mark 50th Anniversary of Nashville Sit-ins
Civil rights leaders observing Saturdayâs 50th anniversary of the sit-in movement that would integrate Nashvilleâs lunch counters said that pivotal group of college students went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement across the South.
February 14, 2010
African-American
WVU Reprinting Long-lost African American Works
West Virginia University Press is reprinting important African American texts that have either gone unnoticed for generations or fallen out of print.
February 11, 2010
African-American
Black History Special Book Review: Redefining âBlack Powerâ
Images from the heyday of the Black Power movement live on in popular culture, but the view tends to be blurred. Most people probably consider it as a blip on the 400-year chronology of race relations in America. While some Americans romanticize the movement, others remember it as a short-lived, inflammatory and ill-advised crusade that ran against the tide of peaceful efforts to gain and protect civil rights.
February 11, 2010
Students
Black History Special: Students Mentored By Civil Rights Veterans Changed American History
In 1960, students attending colleges and universities in Greensboro, N.C., Nashville, and locations throughout the South staged sit-ins at store lunch counters and restaurants in protest of public segregation. Many of those who came under the influence of civil rights pioneers, James Lawson and Ella Baker, went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement.
February 10, 2010
Students
Lastword â Black Greek Deathwatch
After the hand-wringing over a hazing death comes a period of reckless behavior leading to yet another death. Will we stop the cycle?
February 9, 2010
Students
Judge Dismisses Suit Against AKA President and Sorority
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by eight members of the nationâs oldest black sorority, who accused the groupâs president of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in improper compensation and spending sorority money on a wax statue of herself and other questionable purposes.
February 3, 2010
Sports
Eddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13
Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.
February 2, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Southern U. in Baton Rouge Nearing the âPoint of Crisisâ
Deep state budget cuts, forced by falling state revenue and a new focus on performance-based funding, is pushing Southern University of Baton Rouge (SUBR) to the brink of crisis, the schoolâs chancellor says.
February 1, 2010
Leadership & Policy
JSU President Defends Black College âUnityâ Plan
Jackson State University (JSU) President Dr. Ronald Mason has received a sharp rebuke from Black lawmakers and supporters of historically Black colleges and universities over his proposal to unite JSU with the stateâs other two historically Black universities.
January 31, 2010
African-American
U.S. Racial History Less Understood Among Post-Racial Generation, Scholars Say
After the election of President Barack Obama, some college students consider prejudice and racism as relics of American societal behavior.
January 31, 2010
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