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Section: Demographics > African-American

Faculty & Staff

Right Person Right Time

The appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University…

March 21, 2007

African-American

‘Call Me MISTER’ Program Expands To 11th College

The College of Charleston will soon become the 11th college in South Carolina to embark on a program that for seven years has been increasing the horrid numbers of Black male elementary teachers in the South Carolina state system.

March 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of a Mess

Last spring, at the height of the frenzy over accusations that three Duke University men’s lacrosse players had gang raped a Black exotic dancer during a party…

March 7, 2007

African-American

To Atone For Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million to Local Public Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The new programs follow a report of the school’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, released last October, that found much of Brown’s endowment came from slave owners’ wealth.

February 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of A Mess

For Diverse’s Web readers only: an advanced copy of our March 8th edition’s exclusive on how Black professors are under fire at Duke. With the criminal case against the lacrosse players unraveling, a group of professors are now facing fierce criticism that their own biases fueled a “lynch-mob mentality” on campus that has destroyed the reputations of three young men.

February 25, 2007

‘Stomp’ Steps Into the Mainstream

Gregory Anderson left Tallahassee after graduating from Florida A&M University in 1996 with hopes of jumpstarting a career in the film industry…

February 21, 2007

An Institution of the People

It may have produced one of the most contentious fights ever in U.S. higher education

February 21, 2007

African-American

Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month Organization Is On The Rebound

As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History headed into Black History Month, its senior management told Diverse that the most important factor in the association’s ability to teach history was its ability to learn basic economics. The association that Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915 was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1990s, but is now on the rebound.

February 19, 2007

African-American

Black History, Studies To Get Renewed Focus With Painter at Helm of Organization of American Historians

Dr. Nell Irvin Painter will assume the presidency next month of the Organization of American Historians, the 100-year-old organization dedicated to the study, practice and teaching of American history. African-American history and studies are expected to receive renewed attention under Painter’s leadership.

February 14, 2007

African-American

Book of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory Tower

In 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degree…

February 7, 2007

African-American

Empowering the Black Masses

Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia joins a growing body of literature on the civil rights and Black power movements…

February 7, 2007

Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go

Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.

February 4, 2007

The Diversity Lessons the NCAA Can Learn From the NFL

Professional football fans, particularly African-Americans, were instantly ecstatic that for the first time two National Football League teams led by Black coaches will be facing each other in the nation’s most popular annual sporting event. The event shows how far the NFL has come with respect to diversity among head coaches, and how far collegiate sports still lags behind.

January 31, 2007

Scholars Weigh in On College Parties That Mock Black Stereotypes

From Connecticut to Colorado, “gangsta” theme parties thrown by whites are drawing the ire of college officials and heated complaints from Black and White students who say the antics conjure the worst racial stereotypes.

January 31, 2007

Clemson University Probes Racist Party

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party where White students mocked Black stereotypes by drinking malt liquor and at least one student dressed in black face.

January 30, 2007

African-American

Perspectives: “Get Over” Slavery Comment Helps Apology Cause

When Virginia state legislator Frank D. Hargrove said Blacks “should get over” slavery, he unwittingly gave new life to the movement for an official apology to African-Americans for slavery.

January 28, 2007

MLK Day Party With Malt Liquor, Faux Gang Apparel Causes Uproar on Texas Campus

STEPHENVILLE, Texas Known for its award-winning rodeo teams, Tarleton State University is a usually quiet campus nestled in the state’s biggest dairy community. But that wasn’t the case Thursday, a day after more than 400 people attended a campus meeting to discuss a Martin Luther King Jr. party last week that many here found racially offensive.

January 25, 2007

‘Stomp the Yard’ A Success in the Box Office, But Drawing Criticism on Campus

“Stomp the Yard,” the No. 1 box office film for two weekends running, may be popular among the general public, but raises concerns among active Black Greeks.

January 25, 2007