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African-American
Leading Chicano Artist to Visit NIU
Malaquias Montoya, one of the nation’s top Chicano artists, will be on hand for the opening reception of an exhibit of his artworks, Northern Illinois University announced.
September 2, 2008
African-American
Simmons Professor Wins Prestigious Poetry Prize
Afaa Michael Weaver, an English professor at Simmons College (Mass.), has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, one of the most prestigious honors, for his poem “American Income.”
August 20, 2008
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Students
A Music Scholar Remembers Isaac Hayes
Dr. William Banfield, a professor at the Berklee College of Music, says of Isaac Hayes: “At Stax, he became an artist and further defined and refined Black music and then represented Black music as kind of a musical prince of our culture at a critical time when Black music was very influential to the identity of our people.”
August 11, 2008
Students
AKAs Celebrate 100 Years of Sisterhood and Service
The nation’s capital was a sea of pink and green as an estimated 20,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha converged upon Washington, D.C., in July to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the country’s largest and oldest Black sorority. Founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908, and boasting 200,000 members and 975 chapters worldwide, […]
August 6, 2008
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Students
Keeping the Tradition Alive
The relatively low percentage of Black students in jazz studies programs remains a topic of interest as scholars want to ensure that the musical culture of an earlier generation of African-Americans lives on.
August 6, 2008
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African-American
Summer Reading for the Teachers
A little variety to stretch the mind — gently.
August 6, 2008
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African-American
Scholars Convene in Charleston to Explore the Literary Works of Toni Morrison
Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Toni Morrison read to a packed house at the College of Charleston two passages from her forthcoming novel, A Mercy (Knopf), on Friday, as part of the fifth biennial conference of the Toni Morrison Society.
July 27, 2008
African-American
Acknowledging the Gains Minorities Have Made in Classical Music
I am one who has a long awareness and who has long-been supportive of Sphinx and the efforts of Aaron Dworkin (see “Bringing Diversity to the World of Classical Music, June 26).
July 23, 2008
Leadership & Policy
A Chat With Southern University Chancellor Kofi Lomotey
Weeks before formally assuming his position as the new chancellor of Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge, Dr. Kofi Lomotey sat down with Diverse to discuss the future of the institution and other historically Black colleges including Fisk University, where Lomotey previously served as executive vice president, provost and professor.
July 22, 2008
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African-American
Black Colleges Still Lacking Ph.D. African-American Studies Program
As African-American studies disciplinarians celebrate the expansion and 20-year anniversary of African American doctoral studies this year, some are wondering when there will be a similar development at historically Black colleges and universities.
June 17, 2008
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African-American
Philadelphia Owns Up to More of its History of Slavery
Thousands of tourists watched last summer as archaeologists, working in the shadow of Independence Hall, unearthed remnants of the home where George Washington lived with his wife and several slaves.
June 11, 2008
African-American
Missouri Exhibit Recognizes Black Ancestors of ‘Huck Finn’ Era
In an effort to rebuild relationships with local Black community members, college and museum officials in Missouri have vowed to publicly exalt the state’s rich Black history and confront its slavery past.
June 1, 2008
African-American
Course Watch: University of Akron Offers Class on Black Male Issues
The first course on Black men’s history and studies in the nation will be taught this summer as a special topics course at the University of Akron (Ohio) by Dr. Zachery Williams, assistant professor of African-American history and interim director of Pan African studies at the university. “‘African American Men’s History and Studies’ represents an […]
May 28, 2008
Students
Understanding the “Bling-bling Generation”
Many of the constructs that describe Millennials, or 21st-century young people, also referred to as Generation M, don’t seem to apply to Black undergraduates, according to research in the current National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal. Sheltered, indulged, protected. These describe most millennials, but for students of color “these factors have been at best […]
May 28, 2008
African-American
Professional Appointments
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau has been appointed president of Howard University in Washington, D.C., effective Aug. 1. He currently serves as president of Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Ribeau earned a bachelor’s from Wayne State University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. DR. ANGELA DURANTE has been named […]
May 28, 2008
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African-American
Presbyterians Pick Black Leader for Seminary
For the first time in its 196-year history, one of the nation’s oldest Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seminaries will be led by a Black pastor, a triumph for African-Americans who hope he’ll use his position to nurture the next generation of minority pastors.
May 26, 2008
African-American
Lani Guinier on Merit
In the keynote address to a symposium audience hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University California, Los Angeles, Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier challenges the conventional assumptions about merit and the meritocracy of higher education.
May 22, 2008
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Federal Officials Reviewing Inequity Complaints in a Mississippi School District
The U.S. Justice Department is looking into complaints of racial disparities within the Cleveland Public School District.
May 21, 2008
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