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African-American
Growing Number of Black Families Attracted to Home Schooling
Denise Armstrong decided to home school her two sons and daughter because she thought she…
December 5, 2005
Students
Web Comments About Black Fraternity Leave University
A student has been kicked out of a University of South Carolina fraternity as a series of racially…
November 30, 2005
African-American
Benedict College Performance Links Hurricane Katrina, Slavery
Kimberly Lucas slowly moves her arms and hands in whirling motions through the air…
November 21, 2005
Students
Hispanic, Diversity-based Frats Add New Flavor to Greeks at University of Alabama
The University of Alabama, a landmark in the fight over racial segregation…
November 21, 2005
Students
Colorado University Police Investigating Racist Hate Letter Sent to Student Leader
University of Colorado, which has recently been hit with a string of racially tinged incidents…
November 20, 2005
African-American
Survey: Many Blacks Proud to be Southerners, Despite Region’s Racist History
Blacks have a complicated love affair with the South…
November 17, 2005
Faculty & Staff
UNC-Chapel Hill Opens Up Records About Ties to Slavery
In the early decades of the nation’s oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina…
November 16, 2005
African-American
Michigan State Professor Wins $25,000
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition…
November 16, 2005
African-American
Spike Lee Says Educated Blacks Should be Icons
Filmmaker Spike Lee told a college audience that the value of education is being overshadowed by the images gangsta rap glorifies…
November 6, 2005
African-American
Themed Dorm Party Sparks Race Debate at University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is calling for campus race relations discussions after a dorm party with a…
November 3, 2005
African-American
Vivian Malone Jones, First Black to Graduate From University of Alabama, Dies at 63
Vivian Malone Jones, one of two Black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama…
November 2, 2005
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African-American
University of Kentucky President Meets With Lawmakers Over Drop in Diversity
University of Kentucky President Lee Todd met with a group of state lawmakers last month and apologized…
November 2, 2005
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African-American
In Memoriam: August Wilson: 1945-2005
In 10 plays, nine set in Pittsburgh’s “Hill District,” August Wilson, more than any writer of his generation…
November 2, 2005
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African-American
A Question of Academic Integrity
A Question of Academic Integrity One scholar challenges the scholarship of Dr. Michael Eric DysonBy Dr. Paul R. Griffin After reading Ronald Roach’s interview (see Black Issues In Higher Education, Aug. 11, 2005) with Dr. Michael Dyson concerning Dyson’s latest book — Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?) […]
November 2, 2005
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Students
Professional Appointments
Miguel Cairol has been named vice president for administration and finance at New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Previously, he served as acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president. Cairol holds a bachelor’s from California State University, Los Angeles, master’s degrees from The CUNY Graduate Center and from Baruch College/ CUNY and […]
November 2, 2005
African-American
Michigan State Professor Wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition recently announced that it has awarded the Seventh Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize to Dr. Laurent Dubois for his study…
October 26, 2005
African-American
Civil Rights Pioneer, First Black University of Alabama Graduate Remembered
More than 500 mourners gave Vivian Malone Jones one last standing ovation at her funeral Wednesday, honoring the quiet courage of a civil rights icon…
October 23, 2005
African-American
Black Activists Upset Over King Tut Portraits
Black activists say the computer-generated portraits of King Tut that are scheduled to go on display at a museum
October 19, 2005
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