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A Conversation With Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum

Issues of race and integration have long concerned Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College and author of the upcoming book…

March 21, 2007

Health

Perspectives: Remembering The Dred Scott Case

We should remember Dred Scott to understand our past, recognize how far we’ve come and acknowledge how far we still have to go. Despite the progress made since Blacks were consider property, much needs to be done in terms of employment, health care, and education.

March 18, 2007

Students

Clark Atlanta Engineering Program Has Day In Court

Clark Atlanta University engineering student Yemaya Stallworth sat in a Georgia courtroom Tuesday trying to make sense of the school’s attempts to shut down its engineering program.

March 13, 2007

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Remembering Dred Scott 150 Years Later

ST. LOUIS Thousands of tourists, journalists and academicians converged on St. Louis over the weekend to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny a Missouri slave the right to sue for his freedom.

March 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Clark Atlanta Fight Over Engineering Program Headed to Court

Clark Atlanta University Professor Lebone Mobeti settled in for what he figured would be a long term as chairman of the school’s engineering department when he took over the post in 2004. Instead, a year later he found out school officials were disbanding the department. Now a court will decide if the HBCU should continue offering engineering programs.

March 4, 2007

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FBI Asked To Reopen Lloyd Gaines Case

COLUMBIA, Mo. The FBI has been asked to investigate the disappearance nearly 70 years ago of Lloyd Gaines, who vanished shortly after winning a legal fight to become the first black man admitted to the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.

March 4, 2007

Students

Clark Atlanta Students Revolt Over Tuition Hike

Last week, an anonymous group of students at Clark Atlanta University posted fliers which read “Speak Now, Act Now” to demand the resignation of school president Walter Broadnax, who has led the school since 2002. The fliers protested Broadnax’s high salary while students’ tuition, room and board have recently been increased.

February 27, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Degree of Transparency

When Lee C. Bollinger arrived in New York City in 2002 to take the helm of Columbia University, he was treated as a hero almost immediately by the city’s Black community…

February 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Turning the Tide of Juvenile Justice

In recent years, more juveniles — particularly Black males — have been entering the criminal justice system and being tried as adults…

February 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

A Degree of Transparency

When Lee C. Bollinger arrived in New York City in 2002 to take the helm of Columbia University

February 21, 2007

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Affirmative Action May Suffer Setback, Says Former Brown Counsel

Jack Greenberg, the Alphonse Fletcher Professor of Law at Columbia University and the former co-counsel with Thurgood Marshall on the Brown v. Board of Education case, said Tuesday that reports of the oral arguments in the recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on school desegregation have made him pessimistic, but hopeful that the one or two justices who have the reputation of being inhospitable to integration will vote to uphold the plans.

January 16, 2007

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University of Michigan To Comply With Affirmative Action Ban

DETROIT The University of Michigan said Wednesday that it is resuming the admission of students for fall 2007 and will comply with new voter-approved curbs on affirmative action.

January 10, 2007