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African-American
IU’s Largest-ever Freshman Class Has Fewer Black Students
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Indiana University’s fall freshman class is the biggest ever, topping a record set four years ago, yet the number of Black students in the class has fallen nearly 20 percent since last year, school officials say.
September 17, 2006
African-American
UNCF-Mellon Undergraduate
Fellowship Program (a component of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program)…
September 6, 2006
African-American
Study Challenges Assumption That Whites Are Unaware of Their Privileges
The long-held assumption in academia that Whites overlook their own race and its privileges may have to be thrown out, a new study suggests.
September 6, 2006
African-American
Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List
Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed…
September 6, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Louisiana District Investigating Complaints Bus Driver Ordered Black Students to Back of Bus
COUSHATTA, La. A Louisiana school district is investigating complaints that a White school bus driver ordered nine Black children to sit at the back of the bus.
August 26, 2006
African-American
A Sacred Search
Heaven help the University of California system’s diversity initiatives. After UC’s Black alumni association…
August 23, 2006
African-American
And Northwestern Makes Seven
After years of planning, Northwestern University is launching its doctoral program in African-American studies next month…
August 23, 2006
Students
Coming to Terms with the ‘D’ Word
Hoping for the best, expecting the worst. That’s one way of describing what I was feeling….
August 23, 2006
African-American
Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed on its fall schedule, following a warning from an educational foundation that it could be violating state and federal law.
August 12, 2006
African-American
Cosby Leads Discussion In Black Male Forum
“When we sit down and talk on an honest level, we see there is a problem in our neighborhood…
August 9, 2006
African-American
Students, Alumni Lament the Closing
Dozens of current and former students of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs …
August 9, 2006
African-American
NAACP Retraces History at Harpers Ferry
There was an air of serenity and purpose as a vintage train unloaded more than 125 passengers in Harpers Ferry…
August 9, 2006
African-American
New Black Studies Program To Launch This Fall Is Latest To Offer Doctorate
After years of planning, Northwestern University is launching its doctoral program in African-American studies next month, making it only the seventh American university to offer a doctorate in the academic discipline.
August 7, 2006
Students
Black Colleges Diversifying By Recruiting More Hispanics
ATLANTA Squeezed by stiff competition for their traditional students, historically Black colleges are making a push to recruit Hispanics.
August 2, 2006
African-American
Students, Alumni Lament the Closing of Columbia’s African Studies Institute
Dozens of current and former students of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) are expressing outrage over a decision by the Ivy League institution to temporarily shut down its Institute of African Studies.
July 23, 2006
African-American
Project Aims To Identify Blacks Who Fought In U.S. Revolutionary War
Thousands of Black men fought in George Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence, yet their contributions rarely appear in modern history books.
July 23, 2006
African-American
Cosby, Scholars and Youth Seek Answers to the Problems of Black Men
A forum held yesterday in Washington, D.C. sought solutions to problems faced by Black men from a diverse panel that included Dr. Bill Cosby, former gang members working against gang violence, educators, scholars and two Black men who graduated at the top of their high school class.
July 17, 2006
African-American
Civil Rights Group President Pushes Self-Reliance
Black Americans should end “victim-like thinking” and seize opportunities to help close gaps between the nation’s rich and poor, NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Monday.
July 17, 2006
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