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Section: Demographics > African-American
Faculty & Staff
Franklin Symposium: Black Achievement Suffers
In this city, now unfortunately infamous for an elite university’s lacrosse team party that may have gotten out of hand…
July 12, 2006
African-American
SUNO Works to Restore its Collection of African Art
Even after fetid floodwater receded from the Southern University at New Orleans’ campus…
July 12, 2006
Students
Emory Brings Slave Trade
Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth …
July 12, 2006
African-American
Perspectives: A View of the ‘N-Word’ from Sociolinguistics
During his hate crime trial, a White defendant said he used the N-word to “greet” a Black man, and not as a racial slur. He would later beat the man with a bat. Dr. Arthur K. Spears, an expert in sociolinguistics, says some words have complex histories and patterns of use.
July 11, 2006
African-American
Southern University Works to Restore its Collection of African Art
Even after fetid floodwater receded from the Southern University at New Orleans campus, the soggy artifacts in its collection of African art marinated for months in dark, dank buildings.
July 4, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Under Pressure
Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal…
June 28, 2006
Students
Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 28, 2006
Students
The Current State of Black Student Unions
Diverse surveyed the leaders of 23 BSUs across the country to see how the organizations have evolved over the years…
June 28, 2006
African-American
Hampton Steps on Cultural Nerve
Hampton University stepped hard on a cultural nerve when news of the no-braids…
June 28, 2006
Students
Celebrating 40 Years of Activism
Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…
June 27, 2006
African-American
Vanderbilt Lures Black
Vanderbilt University, on a mission to transform the English department’s literary studies program…
June 14, 2006
African-American
Bite Size Briefs
Bar Association’s Affirmative Action policy; Arkansas Black Studies funding; Michigan diversity grading system; Federal panel to question law school affirmative action policy.
June 13, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Under Pressure At Duke; Six Black Faculty Quit
Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal, Duke University Professor Karla Holloway threatened to quit yesterday citing exhaustion.
June 12, 2006
Students
Operation Black Male
The media and scholarly literature are replete with countless reminders of the negative plight of…
May 31, 2006
African-American
Looking for a Cut Card
When a million immigrants flooded the streets of Los Angeles, and a quarter as many thronged into the customary protest space…
May 31, 2006
African-American
Howard University Trio Repeats Skins Competition Victory
Repeating their winning ways for a second consecutive year, three Howard University seniors took top honors…
May 31, 2006
Students
Luminaries Honor Toni Morrison Before Retirement
A party for author Toni Morrison drew stars such as former President Bill Clinton and actor Morgan Freeman, as well as officials and students from Princeton University, where the author has taught for 17 years before announcing her retirement this spring.
May 29, 2006
African-American
Vanderbilt Lures Black Literary Scholars
Vanderbilt University is on a mission to transform its literary studies program, and hopes to use an interdisciplinary approach to make that happen. To achieve that end, the university is adding five leading Black literary scholars, including Drs. Houston A. Baker and Hortense Spillers, to its English department.
May 24, 2006
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