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African-American
In Memoriam: Dr. Asa Hilliard 1933-2007
The news spread rapidly: Brother Asa Hilliard had died. It was like one had to tell another and another because one could not believe Asa had transitioned to join the elders.
September 5, 2007
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African-American
Grants & Gifts
Bowling Green State University (Ohio) has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support the Civic Education Partnership Initiative in Lebanon and Morocco. BGSU’s International Democratic Education Institute will conduct the initiative, which will bring educators from both countries to BGSU for an intensive curriculum-development seminar, among other […]
September 5, 2007
Faculty & Staff
In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions
The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.
September 4, 2007
Students
Tufts Dean Reverses Byline Requirement on Conservative Student Journal
MEDFORD, Mass. A Tufts University dean earlier this week reversed a campus board’s requirement that a student-run conservative journal include authors’ names with articles — a rule imposed after the magazine published an unbylined parody that many found racist.
August 29, 2007
African-American
Replacing Rhetoric with Research
Two scholars with ties to the University of Chicago aim to shed light on Black life in the 21st century.
August 22, 2007
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Students
Challenging Issues for Academia
Disparities in achievement and educating for a diverse culture are the focus of new books by leading scholars in education.
August 22, 2007
African-American
Georgia State Professor Asa Hilliard Dies in Egypt
About 200 members of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) gathered Tuesday morning in Luxor, Egypt, at the tomb of Thutmose IV to commemorate the passing of one of the organization’s founders, the renowned multi-faceted scholar — Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III.
August 14, 2007
African-American
Kmart launches multicultural doll brands as popularity of ethnic toys grows
CHICAGO Toy store aisles are getting a multicultural makeover.
August 12, 2007
African-American
Letters
Supreme Court Rejects School Race PlansDiverseeducation.com, June 28, 2007 The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is not at all strange when taking into account the actions of the Court since the retirement of Chief Justice Warren Burger and the ensuing appointments of associate justices whose politics have led to legal decisions resulting in the […]
August 8, 2007
Students
A Rich History
Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.
August 8, 2007
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African-American
Museum guide program reflects NYC diversity
NEW YORK When a young boy loses interest in a museum tour, guide Hassan Mohamed expertly draws him back in.
July 28, 2007
African-American
Past may be destroyed: Development threatens hidden artifacts
GREENSBORO N.C. Mark Willis and several of his friends have spent decades combing the fields, stream banks and woods north of Greensboro in search of lost treasure.
July 22, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Rare Letter for Sale: Pardon of Black Underground RR Hero
PHILADELPHIA A letter that documents President Franklin Pierce’s pardon of a black man who harbored slaves went up for sale Monday.
July 18, 2007
African-American
Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit
NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.
July 17, 2007
African-American
The Edge of Heaven – Review
The Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.
July 15, 2007
African-American
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man – Review
Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vintage Books, $12.00, 256 pages.
July 14, 2007
Students
Bi News Briefs
At Central State: Prosecutors Resume Investigation; Fund-Raising Drive Benefits Needy Students
July 14, 2007
African-American
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible – Review
America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 480 pages.
July 14, 2007
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