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Students
Looking Toward The Future
Looking Toward The Future New research helps Black sororities and fraternities consider new governing structures for the next 100 years By Paul RuffinsAmerica’s Black college-based fraternity and sorority movement is rapidly approaching two historic milestones. Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. (NPHC), and 2006 marks a full century since […]
June 16, 2004
African-American
Memoirs of Slave Who Died in Vermont To be Republished This Fall
Memoirs of Slave Who Died in Vermont To be Republished This FallBURLINGTON, Vt.The last time Jeffrey Brace saw his parents was in Africa as he headed to the river for a swim with friends. “My mother pressed me to her breast, and warned me of the dangers of the waters, for she knew no other,” […]
June 16, 2004
African-American
Black Biography Project Opens the Pages of History
Black Biography Project Opens the Pages of HistoryBOSTON History has not been good to Onesimus. As smallpox raged across Boston in 1721, the prominent Boston minister Cotton Mather suggested “ye Method of Inoculation” that he had learned from Onesimus, his former slave: Deliberately infect healthy people to boost their immunity. Although the first mass inoculation […]
June 16, 2004
Students
Shut Out Of the System
Shut Out Of the System As competition increases for slots at UC-Berkeley, admission offers to minority students continue to declineBy Pamela BurdmanBERKELEY, Calif.As University of California officials announced admissions results for the fall, it appeared that increasing competition for seats at the university, rising tuition costs, and continued controversy over the role of race in […]
June 2, 2004
Leadership & Policy
NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’
NAFEO Board Cites Need to Move in ‘Another Direction’Humphries out; Washington-based attorney to serve as interim presidentBy Cassie ChewWASHINGTONCiting the need to “move into another direction with its leadership,” the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), at an April 26 board meeting, requested that its top officer, Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, step […]
May 19, 2004
African-American
Disciplined Consequences of Brown
Disciplined Consequences of BrownThe desegregation that began in Clarendon, S.C., came to my hometown of Sumter back in 1965, some 11 years after the celebrated Brown decision. My sense of surprise, anxiety and anticipation when informed that I would be among the handful of students chosen to undertake this noble experiment was understandably significant.I didn’t […]
May 19, 2004
Faculty & Staff
Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions
Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions“The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge,” is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done […]
May 5, 2004
African-American
2004 Commencement Speakers
2004 Commencement Speakers•Ashland University (Ohio) Robert C. Springer Colonel, United States Marine Corps, retired NASA astronaut director •Bennett College (N.C.) Gwendolyn E. Boyd National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. •Bucknell University (Pa.) Ralph Nader Consumer advocate, lawyer, author and presidential candidate •California State University – Fullerton Susan Elizabeth George Educator, novelist and founder of the […]
May 5, 2004
African-American
Arkansas State University Group Traces Graves at Cemeteries
Arkansas State University Group Traces Graves at CemeteriesTULOT, Ark.Descendants of Black sharecroppers in Poinsett County are attempting to get two cemeteries listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Dr. Julie Morrow, archaeologist at the Arkansas State University-Jonesboro station of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, and eight of her archaeology and geology students traced grave sites at […]
May 5, 2004
African-American
Rethinking Nationalism: Seeking Answers for Future Black Voices
Rethinking Nationalism: Seeking Answers for Future Black VoicesAll of the organizations I am aware of that conduct statistical analyses of demographic information indicate that the United States is rapidly becoming a more diverse place (e.g., U.S. Census, 2000). Many of the major newspapers such as the Washington Post on March 7, 2003, seemed eager to […]
April 7, 2004
African-American
Survey Shows Blacks Not Concerned Enough About Kidney Disease
Survey Shows Blacks Not Concerned Enough About Kidney DiseaseJACKSON, Miss. Health officials may have an uphill battle in educating Blacks about a disease that’s being called a “silent killer,” a recent survey shows. Kidney disease is an illness that’s become more prevalent, especially in the nation’s Black population, but a survey conducted in Jackson, Atlanta, […]
April 7, 2004
African-American
Experts Address Influence of AD/HD in Black Community
Experts Address Influence of AD/HD in Black CommunityA panel of experts voiced concerns to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) about misperceptions of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) in the African American community during a Capitol Hill briefing last month hosted by Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). Co-sponsored by Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Donna […]
April 7, 2004
Faculty & Staff
On the Right Path
On the Right PathMillersville president’s personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.By Erv Dyer At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the […]
March 24, 2004
Leadership & Policy
Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to Slavery
Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to SlaveryPROVIDENCE, R.I.Brown University President Ruth Simmons has established a committee to examine the Ivy League school’s historical ties to slavery and debate whether the university should make amends. An article in Brown’s alumni magazine last summer reported that Simmons created the presidential committee last spring. She appointed about […]
March 24, 2004
African-American
Former Liberian Head of State Named Boston University’s African President-in-Residence
Former Liberian Head of State Named Boston University’s African President-in-Residence BOSTONRuth Sando Perry, the only female African head of state in modern times, has been appointed the next Balfour African President-in-Residence at Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC). A former legislator, teacher and bank executive, she served in 1996 and 1997 as […]
March 10, 2004
African-American
Florida State Celebrates Its Integration in a Monumental Way
Florida State Celebrates Its Integration in a Monumental WayTALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State University unveiled a larger-than-life bronze sculpture last month to pay tribute to the first African American students who integrated the university more than 40 years ago. The sculpture, called “Integration,” was dedicated during the university’s Heritage Day celebration. It is located in the […]
February 25, 2004
African-American
Reflections on Black History Month: There Is Still Progress to Be Made
Reflections on Black History Month: There Is Still Progress to Be MadeSeventy-eight years ago, Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, was created to allow for the identification and celebration of the contributions of African Americans in our history and in our presence. While Black History Month promotes African American cultural empowerment and […]
February 11, 2004
African-American
Web Site Highlights Civil Rights History
Web Site Highlights Civil Rights HistoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala.Coinciding with Black History Month, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), in partnership with the BellSouth Corporation, has launched a newly designed Web site, bringing civil rights history to the world. The site features the BCRI Oral History Project, a collection of videotaped interviews with participants in the civil […]
February 11, 2004
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