Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 28

Sports

Reviews: Catching Up on the Black History Book Bounty

Biographies of the legendary basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the late jazz singer Nina Simone were among the volumes released during the publishing industry’s February push to launch books documenting the Black experience in America.

March 8, 2010

Students

Ex-Obama Adviser Will Become Princeton Fellow

President Barack Obama’s former “green jobs” adviser will teach at Princeton University.

February 25, 2010

African-American

WVU Reprinting Long-lost African American Works

West Virginia University Press is reprinting important African American texts that have either gone unnoticed for generations or fallen out of print.

February 11, 2010

African-American

Black History Special Book Review: Redefining ‘Black Power’

Images from the heyday of the Black Power movement live on in popular culture, but the view tends to be blurred. Most people probably consider it as a blip on the 400-year chronology of race relations in America. While some Americans romanticize the movement, others remember it as a short-lived, inflammatory and ill-advised crusade that ran against the tide of peaceful efforts to gain and protect civil rights.

February 11, 2010

African-American

Michelle Obama Images Part of U. Of Michigan Race Exhibition

Two contrasting images of Michelle Obama – wearing pearls and smiling, and as a rifle-toting revolutionary – are on display at the University of Michigan as part of an exhibit that considers race and visual representations.

January 4, 2010

African-American

Like Du Bois, UPenn Scholar Has Focused on Interdisciplinary Work

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Endowed Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, has found a way to hone all of his academic interests without forcing himself to choose one discipline over another.

December 21, 2009

Students

SOUL SURVIVOR

A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple\’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade beset by a lingering faculty rift.

December 9, 2009

Students

Despite Struggles, Pioneering Black Studies Department Presses Forward

A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple University’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade.

December 9, 2009

African-American

Confinement Too Costly For Middle-class Black Women

When Dr. Lisa B. Thompson names modern women who fit the iconic “Black lady” mold – Coretta Scott King, Anita Hill, Condoleezza Rice and Michelle Obama – you know exactly whom she is trying to liberate. Chances are your mother played this role. You probably do, too, if you are a Black woman involved in higher education.

November 4, 2009

African-American

New Hampshire Scholar-Lawmaker Wants Monument to Slaves

Dr. David Watters, a state representative from Dover, N.H. and English professor at the University of New Hampshire, has introduced legislation that would authorize a monument to acknowledge and commemorate New Hampshire’s slaves.

November 2, 2009

Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM: CONFINEMENT TOO COSTLY FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BLACK WOMEN

It is time for middle-class Black women to break the mold, argues Lisa B. Thompson argues in her new book.

October 28, 2009

Students

SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION

From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.

October 14, 2009