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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
Fraternity Suspended Over Offensive âHoodâ Party
BALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity because of a âHalloween in the Hoodâ party that drew protests from Black students.
October 31, 2006
Students
University of Tennessee Creates Scholarship To Attract More Black Students
MEMPHIS, Tenn. In an attempt to increase minority enrollment, the University of Tennessee is providing a new scholarship that will be available to students from 35 selected, majority Black high schools in the state.
October 25, 2006
African-American
Coca-Cola To Donate Atlanta Land for Civil Rights Museum
ATLANTA The Coca-Cola Co. announced Monday it would donate $10 million worth of prime downtown land to the city for a planned civil rights museum in the home town of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
October 23, 2006
African-American
Senator Accused of Racial Gaffes Draws Support From HBCUs
Despite facing allegations of racial insensitivity during his 2006 re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., continues to draw support from some African-Americans â particularly for his support of historically Black colleges and universities.
October 21, 2006
African-American
Bands Behaving Badly
I absolutely applaud the leadership of my alma mater in quickly and decisively dealing with individuals who donât represent the very best of FAMU and African-Americans (see âFAMU Band Marches Into Trouble,â Oct. 5)âŚ
October 18, 2006
African-American
Enrolling In Hip-Hop 101
After all the students make their way into the lecture hall, the professor slips the audio CD into the stereo systemâŚ
October 18, 2006
African-American
Scholars: Slaveryâs Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs
WALTHAM, Mass. A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery. The conference focused on overcoming the present âreligious and sexual legacyâ of the Atlantic slave trade and systems of bondage embedded in the original teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
October 17, 2006
Students
Racially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT Law
AUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a âGhetto Fabulousâ-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.
October 16, 2006
Students
Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texasâ Public Universities
The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.
October 12, 2006
African-American
HBCU and NASA Launch Middle Passage Project
BALTIMORE, Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during a year-long geographical research project, federal and university officials announced yesterday.
October 11, 2006
African-American
Perspectives: Disentangling The Paradox of Black Male Initiatives
In his book, Inequality Reexamined, Dr. Amartya Sen argues that there must be agreement on the core set of items to be equally distributed among people before any discussion of inequality can take place. This is mandatory because equality in this core set is used to justify inequality in peripheral areas.
October 10, 2006
African-American
Racial Awareness
This article points to some interesting and important issues for those of us who study race and its impact on U.S. history and cultureâŚ
October 4, 2006
African-American
Perceptions and Realities
Tension may exist between Blacks and Hispanics over jobs and political power in the United StatesâŚ
October 4, 2006
African-American
Issues of Access and Affordability
For all the dour reports about the lack of access to U.S. higher educationâŚ
October 4, 2006
African-American
Native American Studies Program Expands at Columbia
Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans to create an American Indian studies program, making it one of only three Ivy League colleges to offer such a curriculum.
October 2, 2006
African-American
Bill Cosby Urges Black Support For Slavery Museum
Bill Cosby, who more than two years ago urged African-Americans to take more responsibility for their neighborhoods and children, says Blacks should be similarly responsible for building the national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.
September 27, 2006
Students
Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time
AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.
September 23, 2006
African-American
Stepping Up
As a graduate of an HBCU, it was good to hear that another university has stepped up to the plate in fulfilling the needs of this academic studyâŚ
September 20, 2006
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