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New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves
Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.
November 2, 2009
Dr. David Watters
Students
Best & Brightest: From Homelessness to Inaugural Fellow
Haiti native Joane Theodule overcame tremendous hardships to finish college and win a graduate school fellowship to Florida A&M University.
November 2, 2009
Joane Theodule
Opinion
Diary of a Mad Black Professor: A Critical Race Therapy Moment
I have been told the first step in getting over a problem is admitting that one has a problem. I made it to the first step because I can admit I am angry. No, heck no, I take that back; I am mad.  I know people don’t get mad, only animals get mad. Even my […]
November 1, 2009
Opinion
HBCUs, Student Protest and Lincoln University’s Library
“Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.”                                                           —Martin Luther King Jr. A week ago, I attended the History of Education Society annual meeting in Philadelphia. On the program were four or five different papers about HBCUs and their historic traditions of […]
November 1, 2009
Students
Obama Community College Proposal May Not Be Enough
President Barack Obama wants to invest some $12 billion in community colleges with the aim of seeing an additional 5 million students graduate by 2020.
November 1, 2009
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African-American
Census: ‘Brain Gains’ for High-Tech Cities
Passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, college graduates are fueling population growth in urban, high-tech meccas, such as Charlotte, N.C. and Austin, Texas.
October 29, 2009
Charlotte Skyline
Students
New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.
October 29, 2009
Irving Pressley McPhail
African-American
Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs
Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.
October 29, 2009
Tough Times
African-American
HBCUs once a haven for Jewish refugee scholars
Based on a book and film, the Museum of Jewish Heritage presents: “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges”
October 28, 2009
Opinion
A People on the Precipice?
The recent news of the savage gang rape of a fifteen year-old girl in Richmond, California broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child’s ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking – for over two and ½ hours. For the second time in […]
October 28, 2009
Opinion
A People on the Precipice?
The recent news of the savage gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif., broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child’s ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking – for over two and ½ hours. For the second time in recent […]
October 28, 2009
Students
WASHINGTON UPDATE: Two-year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge
Two-year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge Rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system.
October 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN
It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.
October 28, 2009
Home
BROKEN TIES
The dismal state of marriage among Black couples and the impact on Black children are fueling new research and reframing the national discussion about family.
October 28, 2009
Faculty & Staff
ECONOMIC BLUES
As the recession continues to take its toll, many Black Americans find themselves almost back at square one.
October 28, 2009
Health
PARSING THE REACTION TO OBAMA
Scholars say extreme criticisms of president defy simple explanation.
October 28, 2009
Students
NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Hazing Refuses To Go Away
Media influences and brain development cloud students’ understanding of hazing, studies say.
October 28, 2009
LGBTQ+
Obama Signs Hate Crime Provisions Into Law
Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
October 28, 2009
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