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African-American

Historian Researches Berkshires for Black History Project

The research of Dr. Frances Jones-Sneed in uncovering Black history in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts has gained national attention.

October 6, 2010

African-American

Pioneering Black Physician Honored in New York City

Celebrated during his lifetime as an anti-slavery leader, Dr. James McCune Smith, the nation’s first professionally trained African-American doctor, fell into obscurity after his death in 1865.

September 26, 2010

African-American

New Volume of James Baldwin Writings Demonstrates Timelessness

In The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings, the selections penned by late author James Baldwin unveil a passionate hope for a better America, a United States that he wanted to believe in and that believes in a brilliant Black person.

August 26, 2010

African-American

Perspective: First Lady’s Spain Trip Stirs Up Reflections of America’s Past

It seemed surprising that two days before first lady Michelle Obama’s recent visit to Spain, the U.S. State Department removed a warning about Spain’s alleged treatment of African-American travelers.

August 10, 2010

Students

Opinion: Recruiting Students of Color to Predominantly White Campuses

Despite the gains in minority student enrollment over the last four decades—Black and Hispanic students accounted for 13.1 and 11.4 percent, respectively, of enrollment at degree-granting institutions in 2007, up from 9.4 and 3.5 percent in 1976—students of color remain underrepresented at traditionally White institutions.

August 5, 2010

African-American

Researching African-American History in Indiana

Ask Dr. Tim Lake about early Black settlements in Indiana. He’ll share how he and Wabash College students have discovered that, 150 years ago, Black-White relations were not nearly as polarized as one might assume.

August 3, 2010

African-American

William and Mary Professor Thinks He Found Oldest Black School

A College of William and Mary professor thinks he may have found the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for African-American children.

July 25, 2010

African-American

Lost Ark or African Treasure? Relic Stirs Passions

Tudor Parfitt has spent years chasing a theory that a lost tribe of Jews wound up in Southern Africa. But his latest leap has landed him in a minefield.

June 1, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Texas State Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Curriculum Changes

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was among those who implored board members to take more time to consider the new standards, which diminish civil rights and American slavery.

May 23, 2010

African-American

Governor’s Proclamation Omission Puts Virginia in Negative Light, Critics Say

University of Virginia scholar says state image suffers from Gov. Bob McDonnell’s misstep in issuing Confederate history proclamation without noting slavery’s role in the Civil War.

April 8, 2010

African-American

Preserving Black History, With Help From the Smithsonian

Smithsonian Institution officials hope the “Save Our African-American Treasures” tour also will turn up items for a national museum of Black American culture, set to open on the National Mall in Washington by 2015.

March 29, 2010

African-American

Temple University Benefactor Donates Harriet Tubman Items to Smithsonian

Tourists will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when an African-American history museum opens on the National Mall. This week, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

March 11, 2010