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Emory Receives Major Gift to African American Studies Archive

Emory Receives Major Gift to African American Studies Archive ATLANTAEmory University has received a gift to its library collections that greatly increases teaching and research opportunities in 20th-century African American studies. A portion of the Hatch/Billops Collection in New York — an extraordinary collection assembled during the past 35 years — has been given to […]

November 20, 2002

African-American

Encyclopedia Explores Diversity of Black Writers, Genres

Encyclopedia Explores Diversity of Black Writers, GenresScience fiction, romance share space with history and hip-hop Dr. Wilfred D. Samuels never expected to fall — and in a big way — for science fiction as a literary genre. In actuality, he’s fallen for a group of African American sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers who are using […]

November 6, 2002

African-American

Center for Africana Studies Opens at Penn State

November 6, 2002

African-American

Musician, Novelist, Filmmaker Among MacArthur Fellows

November 6, 2002

African-American

Creating a Trans-Atlantic Agenda on Race

Creating a Trans-Atlantic Agenda on Race By Ronald RoachWASHINGTONAcademic officials and policy-makers from the United States and the European Commission convened the first two of three planned conferences last month aimed at solving problems of racial discrimination and xenophobia in Europe and the United States. Although organizers say the conferences grew largely out of a […]

November 6, 2002

African-American

Studying War

Studying War “I ain’t gonna study, war no more, ain’t gonna study war no more…” This determined folk song’s refrain was an emotional rallying cry during the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements of the 1960s. Today, it is ironic that many of the key players in what seems to be a personal matter that […]

November 6, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Dual Dilemma

Dual DilemmaBlack faculty work to ensure access, while making the academy hospitable to minority faculty, students”Like most non-Blacks, I guess, I have, anyway, always thought that Afro-American Studies is a pseudo-discipline, invented by guilty White liberals as a way of keeping Black intellectuals out of trouble and giving them a shot at holding professorships at […]

October 23, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Extending Their Reach

Extending Their ReachWith the 50th anniversaries approaching of the establishment of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at Howard and Fisk universities, the anniversary is a reminder that the honor society remains a remote influence on historically Black institutions and Black students at predominantly White college campuses.By Ronald RoachFew academic organizations can claim to have conferred as […]

October 9, 2002

Greek Life Still Segregated at University of Alabama

Greek Life Still Segregated at University of AlabamaTUSCALOOSA, Ala.The University of Alabama’s traditional White fraternities and sororities remain racially segregated a year after a Black woman created a stir by trying — and failing — to gain membership (see Black Issues, Sept. 13, 2001).The membership recruitment period known as rush ended last month, and none […]

October 9, 2002

African-American

Males DominateFreshman Class

Males DominateFreshman ClassAt Saint Augustine’sRALEIGH, N.C.Officials at Saint Augustine’s College welcomed a record number of male students to the campus this year. Preliminary numbers indicate that 300 male freshman and transfer students enrolled this semester at the historically Black institution in Raleigh, N.C. The figure represents a 97 percent increase in the number of males […]

September 25, 2002

Faculty & Staff

Knox’s Little Secret

Knox’s Little SecretIllinois liberal arts college succeeds in hiring, retaining African American facultyA recent nationwide survey reported that, among universities, New York’s Columbia University and, among colleges, Pennsylvania’s Haverford College had the highest percentages of African American faculty in the nation, with 4.3 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively.But there’s another institution that has both schools […]

September 11, 2002

African-American

A Passion for Cuba

A Passion for CubaUniversity of Connecticut music professor explores African roots in the island nation Dr. Robert Stephens, professor of music at the University of Connecticut-Storrs and interim director of the school’s Institute for African American Studies, says he has always had a passion for Cuba. That passion — indulged to the fullest in his […]

August 14, 2002

African-American

Leadership Institute Challenges Students to Think Globally

Leadership Institute Challenges Students to Think GloballyBy Gabrielle FinleyNEW YORKFor Charles Reynolds, attending the Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Institute last month was a humbling experience, one that opened his eyes to a more culturally diverse world.“There are many interesting people around the world that are trying to make a difference,” says Reynolds, a junior finance […]

August 14, 2002

African-American

Penn Study Links Church Attendance, Marriage Odds

Penn Study Links Church Attendance, Marriage OddsPHILADELPHIAA University of Pennsylvania study shows that frequent church attendance substantially increases the odds of marriage for urban women. Penn’s Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, CRRUCS, released the report, “Then Comes Marriage? Religion, Race, and Marriage in Urban America” last month. It is the first […]

July 31, 2002

African-American

Recapturing the Good Things

Recapturing the Good ThingsThis is not the first time Black Issues has taken a close look at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) over the years. But it has been our first close look since Dr. Frederick Humphries, former president of Florida A&M University, took over the reigns of the 30 […]

July 31, 2002

African-American

Gangbusters: Parents Still Play Key Role In Saving Kids From the Streets

Gangbusters: Parents Still Play Key Role In Saving Kids From the StreetsStudy examines ethnic differences in the effect of parenting on gang involvement, delinquencyThere’s a strong message to be taken from Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes’ research, and it’s simply this: Parents are not powerless, particularly when it comes to saving their kids from street gangs.Indeed, the […]

July 3, 2002

African-American

The ‘Rite’ Intervene

The ‘Rite’ InterveneLane Community College program helps African American students connect to their heritage, community and to collegeBy Chris CunninghamEUGENE, Ore.Given MTV’s powerful influence in shaping self-image, the value of helping African American youth develop a deep understanding of their roots can’t be overemphasized, says Greg Evans, coordinator of Lane Community College’s African American Rites […]

July 3, 2002

African-American

UCLA Study Examines Minority Representation In Network Television

UCLA Study Examines Minority Representation In Network TelevisionLOS ANGELESDespite calls for more diversity on prime-time network television, African Americans continue to be overrepresented and concentrated in situation comedies while other ethnic groups remained underrepresented, according to a new UCLA study.African Americans and Anglo Americans represented 92 percent of all prime-time characters in the study, yet […]

July 3, 2002