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Atlantic Coast Conference Leads In Number of Black Head Basketball Coaches

Black college basketball players make up approximately 70 percent of the rosters of the top teams. While the percentage of Black head basketball coaches is nowhere near that level, the Atlantic Coast Conference is making strides in promoting African Americans to top coaching positions.

December 11, 2006

WSU President: Professor Who Used Racial Term to Face Reprimand

PULLMAN Wash. A professor who used a vulgar racial term while arguing with a student about a political demonstration is likely to face a reprimand, but will be allowed to continue teaching, Washington State University President Lane Rawlins said.

December 11, 2006

Just the Stats: Minority Student Enrollment At Schools With High-Profile Racial Incidents

Some schools struggle more with their minority enrollment and graduation rates than others. I took a close look at the minority enrollment of Pennsylvania State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

December 7, 2006

African-American

Perspectives: Oversized Pants, Undersized Goals of Today’s Youth

The dress code of today’s youth is symptomatic of larger problems of what is supposed to be the future generation of doctors, lawyers, scholars and other professionals. The lifestyles and decision-making of an increasingly large numbers of young men, both Black and White, should be called into question. Oversized pants and undersized goals make for a bleak future.

December 6, 2006

African-American

In Memoriam: Bebe Moore Campbell, Diversity Diva

Following Bebe Moore Campbell’s transition into the spiritual realm, many took note of the Washington Post’s earlier appraisal, “If this is a fair world, Bebe Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important African-American novelist of this century – except for, maybe Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin.” One dimension neglected by Bebe’s recent national coverage, however, is the fact that Bebe was the quintessential positive outcome of a diversity initiative.

December 2, 2006

African-American

The Power of Oprah

The Power of Oprah We stand on the shoulders of giants (see “Oprah Headlines Bennett Fund-raising Event,” Nov. 16). What an honor to have her care enough to come and share her time and energy with the students of Bennett and the Triad Community. Anyone can write a check. But to give of your time […]

November 29, 2006

African-American

Still Dealing AT Duke

Dr. Karla Holloway, the William R. Kenan Professor of English at Duke University

November 15, 2006

African-American

Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs

Several hundred people spent a day and a half recently at Brandeis University discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery…

November 15, 2006

African-American

Brown University Applauded for Examination of Its Ties to Slavery

A Brown University committee investigating the institution’s ties to slavery has recommended the school atone for its past by creating a slave trade memorial…

November 15, 2006

Black Students Issue New Deadline To Indiana-Purdue Over Inequity Claims

INDIANAPOLIS Black students at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis have issued a new deadline for the university administration to answer requests for a campus center for them, an African-American studies program and $78,000 to Black organizations.

November 14, 2006

Ohio State Students Protest Closing of Black Studies Library

COLUMBUS, Ohio A student group has created an online petition protesting the closure of two Ohio State University campus libraries: the Black studies library and the women’s studies library.

November 13, 2006

African-American

Howard University Forges New Ties for Freedman Project

WASHINGTON, D.C. Howard University will participate in a historic collaboration with the Genealogical Society of Utah, the National Archives and Records Administration and the Black History Museum and Cultural Heritage Center of Virginia to index Virginia’s Freedmen’s Bureau records – the “genesis records” of African-American identity in the post-Civil War era.

November 7, 2006

Black Students At Indiana-Purdue To Sue Over Alleged Inequities

INDIANAPOLIS A group of Black students at Indiana-Purdue University-Indianapolis is threatening to sue the college over alleged discrimination.

November 4, 2006

African-American

Little Known Facts About the Education Of Colin Powell

A 1917 law required Powell’s father to pass a literacy test to enter the United States from Jamaica…

November 1, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Columbia University Announces Creation

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans…

November 1, 2006

African-American

Coppin State and NASA Launch Project On the Slave Trade

Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during…

November 1, 2006

‘Ghetto Fabulous’ Costume Party

A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided…

November 1, 2006

African-American

BOTA Attendees Ready to ‘Take It to the Streets’

The Brothers of the Academy think tank was held last month at Morehouse College…

November 1, 2006