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Social Justice

New Scholarship Program Established for Descendants Of Jesuit And Catholic Slaveholding

A new scholarship program aims to provide educational advancement opportunities to descendants of Jesuit and Catholic slaveholding.

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Morgan State to Become First HBCU Marching Band in International D-Day Normandy Parade

Morgan State University’s marching band, the Magnificent Marching Machine, will be the first from a HBCU to participate in the international D-Day Normandy Parade.

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Northwestern University to Rename African American Studies Department

Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies.

Best Practices

Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color

Education leaders and researchers discussed ways to recruit and retain Black males to the teaching profession.

Military

Norwich University Commends One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen with Honorary Doctorate

Norwich University recently honored Brigadier Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen.

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Four Pennsylvania Men Charged after Harassing and Assaulting Black Lehigh University Student

Four Pennsylvania men have been charged after a Black Lehigh University student was allegedly called a racial slur, chased to his dorm, and assaulted.

Demographics

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

WASHINGTON — Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist who recently retired as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), was honored with a Dr. John Hope Franklin Award last Friday night by Diverse.

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Research Course on African Americans in Education Held Ahead of AERA Conference

The 13th Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Education hosted 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students on Wednesday.

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Baylor University Dedicates Statues of First Black Graduates

Baylor University has dedicated statues honoring its first Black graduates, the late Rev. Robert L. Gilbert and Barbara A. Walker.

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Young Black Men Project, Fitting in for Black Men, Boys Showcased at BMRI’s Symposium

The Black Men Research Institute’s (BMRI) Spring Symposium continued on Thursday with conversations about the mental health of African American men.

HBCUs

Black Men’s Mental Health Addressed During Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men.

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Cole, Lewis Receive National Humanities Medal at the White House

Drs. Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Earl Lewis were among 12 individuals who was awarded the National Humanities Medal at the White House earlier this month.

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