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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Temple University Benefactor Donates Harriet Tubman Items to Smithsonian
Tourists will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when an African-American history museum opens on the National Mall. This week, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
March 11, 2010
African-American
Obama Proposal Seeks to Consolidate Minority Undergraduate STEM Programs
Weighing a new approach for assisting minority college students in the sciences, the Obama administration has proposed the National Science Foundation consolidate major initiatives that target specific racial and ethnic groups for participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines into a single program.
March 10, 2010
African-American
First Lady to Deliver HBCU Commencement Address
First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring, including the graduation at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution.
March 9, 2010
Sports
Reviews: Catching Up on the Black History Book Bounty
Biographies of the legendary basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the late jazz singer Nina Simone were among the volumes released during the publishing industry’s February push to launch books documenting the Black experience in America.
March 8, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Women Leaders Honored at ACE Meeting
The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix.
March 7, 2010
African-American
Ohio Institutions Focus on Black Male Achievement
Ohio-based schools and organizations have developed education initiatives aimed at helping African-American male students succeed.
March 4, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Tavis Smiley, Chicago State University Preparing to Host Black Agenda Meeting
Two months after ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, Tavis Smiley is gathering African-American advocates to press the case for a “Black agenda.”
March 3, 2010
Students
Racist Incidents, Protests Spread at UC Campuses
A firestorm over racially and ethnically charged incidents at several University of California campuses spread Tuesday as UC San Diego announced a KKK-style hood was found on campus and students in Los Angeles and Irvine demonstrated against intolerance.
March 2, 2010
Students
Online Debate Rages Over White Team’s Step Competition Win
A white Arkansas sorority team’s win in an Atlanta step competition has stirred a fiery debate over the African-inspired tradition and whether the integration of a once-ethnically-exclusive activity constitutes a form of cultural theft.
March 1, 2010
African-American
Obama Signs Black College Executive Order
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
February 28, 2010
Students
Ex-Obama Adviser Will Become Princeton Fellow
President Barack Obama’s former “green jobs” adviser will teach at Princeton University.
February 25, 2010
African-American
Black History Month Special: Oberlin’s Celebrated, But Difficult History
In his new book, the Oberlin emeritus archivist and professor of history talks about how his book painstakingly unravels clues of how the college faced the challenges of establishing a racially and culturally diverse institution from 1835 up to 2007.
February 24, 2010
Students
Decades in the Making, Ellison’s Unfinished Second Novel Emerges as Essential Read
Edited by scholars and published by Random House, Ralph Ellison’s Three Days Before the Shooting…The Unfinished Second Novel is a stirring, 1,000-plus page testimony to a process the brilliant author began soon after his masterpiece Invisible Man was written.
February 22, 2010
Students
HBCU Case Study Documents How Schools Can Help Students Pay Back Loans
A new report released Tuesday called “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,” argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.
February 22, 2010
Students
UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History
The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.
February 18, 2010
African-American
Racially-Targeted Billboard Campaign Links African-Americans, Abortion
Among African-American leaders opposing a racially-targeted pro-life billboard campaign, Spelman College professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall called the effort a gimmick to “bait Black people” into becoming anti-abortion.
February 16, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Black Professor Denied Tenure at Emerson Vindicated by Report
Emerson College has released a report produced by an independent panel that has found fault with the institution’s tenure process.
February 15, 2010
Students
Leaders Mark 50th Anniversary of Nashville Sit-ins
Civil rights leaders observing Saturday’s 50th anniversary of the sit-in movement that would integrate Nashville’s lunch counters said that pivotal group of college students went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement across the South.
February 14, 2010
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