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Voting Rights Law Under High Court Review

Days before the first Black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities.

January 11, 2009

Leadership & Policy

IN MEMORIAM

What an exciting and traumatic year 2008 has been. A historic presidential campaign that ended with the election of an African-American to the U.S. presidency. An economic meltdown not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

December 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

IN MEMORIAM

Johnnie Carr: Carr joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and succeeded the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1967. It was the newly formed association that led the boycott of city buses in the Alabama capital. She was 97. Dr. Michael DeBakey: DeBakey […]

December 24, 2008

Faculty & Staff

OCU law professor alleges discrimination

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A law professor at Oklahoma City University has filed a federal lawsuit against the university and its law school dean, claiming sexual discrimination and violation of the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Danne L. Johnson, as associated professor of law since 2003, contends male law professors at the school make as […]

December 22, 2008

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Lisa Jackson, First Black EPA Chief

Lisa Jackson will become the first African-American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

December 15, 2008

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NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Changes Mind, Will Seek Another Term

Just weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP, longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond changed his mind.

December 10, 2008

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NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Changes Mind, Will Seek Another Term

Just weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP, longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond changed his mind.

December 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Apology Long Overdue

Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies, including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn’t lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit Black students until 1971.

December 10, 2008

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Professional Appointment

LOUIS BUTLER has been appointed Justice in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. Butler was formerly a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Butler earned a bachelor’s from Lawrence University and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. DR. GABRIEL CARRANZA has been named assistant vice provost of international cooperation […]

December 10, 2008

STEM

Laptop Searches at Border Might Get Restricted

Mohamed Shommo, an engineer for Cisco Systems Inc., travels overseas several times a year for work, so he is accustomed to opening his bags for border inspections upon returning to the United States. But in recent years, these inspections have gone much deeper than his luggage.

December 8, 2008

Students

The Admissions Quandary Up Close and Personal

Students gain a better understanding of the significance of diversity in admissions.

November 12, 2008

Latinx

Conference Re-Examines Role of Chicano Pioneers

In a year when the phrase community organizer has taken become a buzzword in the presidential campaign that just ended, activists and scholars will gather Nov. 16 to 18 to document and discuss one of the earliest, most significant community organizing efforts in California history.

November 4, 2008