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Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected Officials

Joint Center Releases 1999 National Count Of Black Elected OfficialsWashingtonThe Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies last month released its 1999 count of Black elected officials, showing a net increase of 68 for a total of 8,936 between January 1998 and January 1999. With this increase, the representation of Black elected officials among all […]

January 3, 2001

Students

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car

Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A University of New Mexico fraternity accused of duct-taping a swastika on a Black student’s car has been placed on emergency suspension. University administrators say they placed the Sigma Chi chapter on suspension and that the rights, privileges, charter and affiliation with UNM are […]

January 3, 2001

Students

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of Desegregation

University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of DesegregationAthens, Ga.‘Two-four-six-eight! We don’t want to integrate!” were the chants from the crowd that greeted Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes — the first two African American students to integrate the University of Georgia 40 years ago Jan. 9. To mark the 40 years since UGA was desegregated, the […]

January 3, 2001

Leadership & Policy

Year 2000: A Retrospective

Year 2000: A RetrospectiveT he year 2000 brought with it plenty of news and many “firsts,” such as Dr. Ruth Simmons being named the first African American to lead Brown University, an Ivy League institution, and Dr. James Walker who became the first African American president of Southern Illinois University. Lawsuits against universities for using […]

December 20, 2000

African-American

What’s Happening to Our “Talented Tenth?”

What’s Happening to Our “Talented Tenth?”As the father of two boys who have grown into young men, I have become a keen observer of the behavior of African American males, particularly those who attend predominantly White institutions. Black men at selective public and private campuses are said to be “the best of the best.” Dr. […]

December 6, 2000

African-American

University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and Holmes

University of Georgia to Name Building in Honor of Pioneering Black Enrollees Hunter and HolmesAthens, Ga.The University of Georgia plans to name the 95-year-old Academic Building on North Campus in honor of Charlayne Hunter and the late Dr. Hamilton Holmes, who registered for classes in the building when they became the first African American students […]

December 6, 2000

Students

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns

University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]

December 6, 2000

Students

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]

November 22, 2000

African-American

Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of Fame

Fisk University’s Jubilee Singers Inducted into Gospel Hall of FameNASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, an institution more than a century old, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame last month. It has been said that civil rights pioneer and author Dr. W.E.B. DuBois called their music a message from slaves […]

November 22, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 15-19, 2000National Association for Multicultural Education, 10th Annual International Conference“Real Magic: The Realization of Multicultural Education in the Everyday”Kissimmee, Fla.Contact: NAME National OfficePhone: (202) 628-6263Fax: (202) 628-6264E-mail: nameorg@erols.comWeb: www.umd.edu/NAMENov. 16-18, 2000Multiethnic Perspectives Conference,A National Conference for Students, Educators, Administrators and Community LeadersVirginia Beach, Va.Contact: FAP Consultants and Associates, Inc.Phone: (540) 710-9532Fax: (540) 891-0187Web: www.411web.com/f/fapconsultantsinc/Nov. […]

November 8, 2000

African-American

Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby

Va. Professor Works With Bill Cosby To Publish Electronic Book on Education NORFOLK, Va. A n educational reform professor at Old Dominion University has a prominent co-author on a new electronic book: Dr. Bill Cosby. The book, American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge, suggests using the federal surplus to spend $100 billion more a year on […]

November 8, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsNOVEMBERNov. 1-3Writer’s Conference 2000: Celebrating African American Women WritersCommunity College of Baltimore County — Essex CampusBaltimore, Md.Contact: Cheryl GoodmanPhone: (410) 780-6742Fax: (410) 574-2172E-mail: cgoodman@ccbc.cc.md.usNov. 2-4The Education Trust, Inc., 11th Annual Conference“Seeing is Believing: Evidence that We Can Close the Achievement Gap”WashingtonContact: Nevin Brown or Sonya WilsonPhone: (202) 293-1217 Ext. 315Fax: (202) 293-2605E-mail: nbrown@edtrust.org orswilson@edtrust.orgWeb: www.edtrust.orgNov. […]

October 25, 2000

African-American

At Home with Toni Morrison

At Home with Toni MorrisonToni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary LegendBy Hilary HurdLORAIN, Ohio A pproximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and her work.The second biennial […]

October 25, 2000

Students

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored Photos

University of Idaho, Auburn U. Also Report Incidents of Doctored PhotosMOSCOW, Idaho The University of Idaho has pulled a picture of nine students from the top of its Internet site after discovering that it had been altered to replace the heads of two White students with those of two minority students. University President Dr. Robert […]

October 25, 2000

African-American

Events

EventsOCTOBEROct. 19-22Seventh National HBCU Faculty Development Symposium“Collaborating to Build Educational Communities”Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo, Miss.Contact: HBCU Faculty Development NetworkPhone: (601) 977-7861Fax: (601) 977-6148E-mail: Srozman@aol.comWeb: www.tsu.edu/hbcunetOct. 20-217th Philosophy Born of Struggle Conference“Slavery and Reparation”New School UniversityNew YorkContact: J. Everet GreenPhone: (914) 574-4797E-mail: everet@aol.comNOVEMBERNov. 2-410th National Conference of the Association for Black Culture Centers“Connecting Generations with Black Popular Culture”Cleveland […]

October 11, 2000

African-American

Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than Ever

Officials Optimistic That 2000 Census Is Better Than EverWASHINGTON Last month, federal officials announced that the response rates for Census 2000 exceeded those of the 1990 U.S. Census by 2 percentage points, from 65 percent to 67 percent. The 2000 Census response rate also exceeded the U.S. Census Bureau’s projected rate, which was 61 percent.“Thanks […]

October 11, 2000

Students

Student Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race Problems

Student Attack at Washington State Raises Concerns About Race ProblemsPULLMAN, Wash. Police are still trying to determine why Washington State University freshman Atuanya Priester was beaten up last month. Some witnesses told investigators that Priester, from Seattle, was jumped by 10 men; others depict a confrontation between Priester and a member of a rival fraternity.Minority […]

October 11, 2000

Students

Georgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training

Georgia Sorority Members Ordered to Undergo Race Sensitivity Training ATHENS, Ga.A University of Georgia sorority accused of evaluating a potential pledge on the basis of race will undergo sensitivity training, according to an agreement with the university. A resolution released last month says Alpha Gamma Delta and the university agreed that some sorority members “may hold […]

October 11, 2000