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Faculty & Staff

Melissa Harris-Perry Leaving Princeton to Lead Race Center at Tulane

Black intellectual superstar Melissa Harris-Perry is departing Princeton University to build a new, unique center in the heart of the South.

February 27, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Book Special, Part III

DiverseEducation.com celebrates Black History Month with a three-part book review series, featuring a broad selection of African-American historical and cultural titles.

February 24, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Book Special, Part II

DiverseEducation.com commemorates Black History Month with a three-part book review series, spanning a wide array of African-American-themed history and culture volumes.

February 23, 2011

African-American

Diverse Special Feature: The Unending Civil War

As America turns to commemorate the Civil War’s sesquicentennial, many myths and distortions still shape the popular understanding of the war’s legacy, writes the Smithsonian National African American History and Culture Museum founding director.

February 10, 2011

African-American

Book Reviews: Black History Month Beckons

Through different prisms, rich Black history narratives shine. More reviews of African-American themed history books will be featured during February.

January 30, 2011

African-American

Scholars Take Exception to Palin’s ‘Blood Libel’ Charge

When Sarah Palin accused journalists and pundits of ‘blood libel’ in the wake of the deadly Arizona shootings, she reached deep into one of medieval history’s most sordid chapters to make her point.

January 12, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Starts Here

As Black History Month approaches, many readers look for new books, either for their own reading pleasure, for courses or for special seminars and discussions. Diversebooks.net offers many titles that would be excellent additions to any library.

January 11, 2011

African-American

Literary Struggle Continues Over Mark Twain’s ‘Offensive’ Words

In the wake of the latest furor over Twain’s depiction of American slavery, scholars are divided over a publisher’s move to remove N-word from forthcoming edition of the author’s acclaimed novels.

January 5, 2011

Students

Historians Expose Error-Filled Virginia Textbooks

Controversial claim of Black Confederate soldiers just one of dozens of inaccurate or incorrect assertions in two textbooks.

January 2, 2011

African-American

Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans

As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.

December 8, 2010

African-American

Author Spotlight: Oyeronke Oyewumi

Oyeronke Oyewumi is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she has taught courses on gender and globilization and feminist theory.  The Nigerian-born scholar studied at the University of Ibadan and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, Africa World Press, Trenton: New Jersey (2003), available on diversebooks.net

December 6, 2010

African-American

Miss. University Conference Focuses on Civil Rights History

A University of Southern Mississippi conference late last week highlighted the role of key activists and local foot soldiers who helped change the racial landscape of the South during the civil rights movement.

October 24, 2010