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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
June 1, 2011
African-American
Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations
Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.
June 1, 2011
Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Students
Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding
Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.
May 26, 2011
African-American
Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day
Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.
May 25, 2011
Leadership & Policy
African Burial Ground to Be Restored in Richmond, Va.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved the transfer of the African Burial Ground to the city, clearing the way for asphalt and gravel to be removed from the site in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom.
May 22, 2011
African-American
Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
May 22, 2011
African-American
SUNO/UNO Merger Scrapped for Lack of Support
House Speaker Jim Tucker, sponsor of the legislation, said that he doesn’t have the two-thirds support needed for passage and doesn’t expect to be able to get the votes this legislative session.
May 18, 2011
African-American
Work of Chinese American Activist Documented in New Book
Dr. Scott Kurashige spent more than 10 years collecting and editing activist Grace Lee Boggs’ speeches and newspaper articles into The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.
May 18, 2011
African-American
Town Hall Meeting: Shortage of Black Male Teachers Looms as Many Choose High-Paying Professions
Award-winning teachers told inspirational stories during a U.S. Education Department TEACH campaign forum to get more college students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds, to join the ranks of American educators.
May 17, 2011
African-American
First Lady Welcomed at Spelman College
First Lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told the 550 students graduating from historically Black Spelman College that no matter where they go, they need to bring the school’s ideals to the world.
May 16, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Tornado No Match for New Shaw University President
It’s been an unusual spring for Shaw University and new president Irma McClaurin as efforts have gotten underway to get the campus repaired from tornado damage.
May 12, 2011
African-American
Sixty Years Later, Black Educator Gets Recognition at University of Arkansas Graduation
In response to an appeal undertaken by the daughter of Arkansas civil rights activist Lothaire Scott Green, the activist’s pioneering academic accomplishment will be publically celebrated during the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus commencement on Saturday.
May 12, 2011
African-American
Tennessee Appeals Proposed Sale of Fisk University’s O’Keeffe Art
Tennessee’s attorney general is appealing a decision that will allow Fisk University to sell a portion of an art collection donated to the school by the late painter Georgia O’Keeffe.
May 10, 2011
Students
Fifty Years Later, Students Retrace 1961 Freedom Ride
Forty college students chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants have joined a handful of the original Freedom Riders on an eight-day journey from Washington, D.C., through the South.
May 9, 2011
African-American
International Outreach Undertaken by Thurgood Marshall College Fund Schools
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has launched an International Collaboration Group (ICG) as part of an extensive global outreach effort by public HBCUs represented by the fund.
May 9, 2011
Students
Federal K-12 Education Programs Face Obstacles to Renewal
Congress is facing tough choices on the future of the nation’s main K-12 education law—including how to respond to calls from Congressional Black Caucus members to focus more attention on low-income schools.
May 8, 2011
African-American
Vicksburg Seeks to Turn Pioneer Black Education Scholar’s Home Into Museum
The Vicksburg (Miss.) Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted transfer of the home of the late Dr. Jane McAllister from its current owner to restore it through a grant focusing on the preservation of the Civil Rights Era.
May 4, 2011
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