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Leadership & Policy
List of Finalists for Kentucky State U. President Stirs Controversy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State University faculty and alumni are expressing concern with the list of finalists for university president, and that interim university President Aaron Thompson is not among them. Media outlets report that Thursday, the KSU Board of Regents voted to approve three finalists for the job: M. Christopher Brown of Southern University […]
February 14, 2017
African-American
Rodriguez: The Indigenous and Black Roots of Mexico
By knowing their intertwined histories, perhaps both peoples will come to struggle together, which in fact they are increasingly doing so already.
February 13, 2017
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Students
College Students Finding Their Roots
Colleges and universities are using AfricanAncestry.com to connect students with their background and heritage.
February 13, 2017
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Students
The Continued Undermining of Black History
President Trump in his awkward and ill-informed efforts to salute the accomplishments of Black Americans actually managed to marginalize and obscure the important contributions that were made by these individuals and their contemporaries.
February 12, 2017
Students
Yale Removes Slave Proponent’s Name from Residence Hall
After a wave of student protests, Yale University announced over the weekend that it would remove the name of John C. Calhoun—a Yale alumnus—who was a proponent of slavery, from an undergraduate residence hall.
February 12, 2017
African-American
Offspring Ensure Civil Rights Icons’ Work Lives On
The children of 1960s civil rights icons pay homage to their parents’ legacies by tackling social justice issues.
February 12, 2017
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African-American
Digital Archives Gives Access to African American History
MINNEAPOLIS — A University of Minnesota-led digital archive of African American historical materials is now free and accessible online to the public. The university’s Umbra search includes handwritten 17th-century letters, underground hip hop albums from the 1970s and a whole of other artifacts, the Minnesota Daily reported. Cecily Marcus, curator of the Archie Givens, Sr., […]
February 12, 2017
Students
Keeping Black History Alive for Future Generations
Just as Black History Month has been kept alive for you, you must now keep it alive for future generations.
February 9, 2017
Students
Blacks, Hispanics Losing Out on LSAT-based Financial Aid
The result of privileging LSAT scores through merit-based scholarships is what some call a “reverse Robin Hood” effect, in which students from less privileged backgrounds end up shouldering more of the cost of law school.
February 9, 2017
Kyle McEntee is executive director and co-founder of Law School Transparency
Students
Sides Not Close in Maryland HBCU Remedy Trial
The plaintiffs and those representing the state of Maryland are still apparently far apart when it comes to how to remedy a segregated higher ed system that has disadvantaged Maryland’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). In the ongoing remedial bench trial in Baltimore, testimony on behalf of the state has put the price tag […]
February 9, 2017
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Students
Forged Racist Emails Cause Stir at University of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Someone sent racist and anti-Semitic emails to University of Michigan students and made it look like they were from a computer science professor who pushed for presidential election recounts in several states. About 40 students protested early Wednesday outside the home of the school’s president, Mark Schlissel, about the spoofed emails […]
February 8, 2017
Students
Ethics and the 21st Century HBCU
The real question is this: how do we achieve this seemingly elusive goal of ensuring the success of the HBCU while still upholding the college’s mission and longstanding legacy?
February 8, 2017
Ralpheal Moore
African-American
Professor Uses Interactive Technology to Tell Emmett Till Story
Lawrence, Kansas is a long way from Sumner, Mississippi but Dr. David Tell of the University of Kansas is shortening the distance with his research, scholarship and actions related to the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
February 7, 2017
Dr. David Tell
African-American
Antebellum Slave Tax has Lingering Effect in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the late spring or early summer of 1822, a man named Bolling Hall made a list of all his property before taking it to the Autauga County assessor and paying his taxes. On the left side of a piece of parchment, Hall listed hundreds of acres of land he’d acquired since […]
February 7, 2017
Students
Jackson State Asks Alumni to Give to Offset Cash Crunch
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State University’s temporary leader Monday asked alumni to dig into their pockets to overcome the school’s financial challenges. Interim President Rod Paige stated in a letter to graduates that the 10,000-student university’s expenses are exceeding income. He asked graduates to each contribute $100 to an “urgent fundraising campaign” that seeks to […]
February 7, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Congressman to Invite All HBCU Presidents to Capitol Hill
Dozens of presidents of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are expected to converge later this month upon the nation’s capital as guests of a Republican House leader who hopes the gathering will help introduce the institutions to his colleagues who have no idea of their history.
February 6, 2017
First Amendment Defense Act
Students
John King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEO
The announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.
February 2, 2017
John King
Students
The Essential Nature of HBCUs
For me, it was not a matter of if I was going to attend an HBCU; it was a question of which HBCU I was going to attend.
February 2, 2017
Andrew Hairston
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