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African-American

An Unusual Suspect

Often working behind the scenes, Grace Lee Boggs has intrigued scholars and students with her lifelong mentoring of Black radicals.

April 18, 2007

African-American

Book of Note: Hollywood Weighs In On the Abolition of Slavery in England

The new movie “Amazing Grace” is an elegant depiction of famed British abolitionist William Wilberforce, who at 21 began the movement to eventually abolish the slave trade and free all slaves in England.

April 4, 2007

African-American

Scholars Disagree Over Former Slave’s Amazing Tale

Olaudah Equiano’s famous 1789 autobiography describing the horrors of the Middle Passage was key in abolishing the British slave trade, and his story is now depicted in the new movie “Amazing Grace.” But a University of Maryland scholar is challenging the veracity of Equiano’s claim, and his controversial theory is upsetting Equiano fans from Harvard University to Nigeria.

March 27, 2007

Faculty & Staff

New Study Forewarns of Major Turnover in Black Studies Programs

The two regions with the smallest Black populations — the East and West — have the most Black studies degree-granting institutions, according to a new census that also forewarns of major turnover in Black studies departments.

March 25, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Right Person Right Time

The appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University, marks a diversity high point in the storied history of the nation’s oldest college.

March 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Right Person Right Time

The appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University…

March 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of a Mess

Last spring, at the height of the frenzy over accusations that three Duke University men’s lacrosse players had gang raped a Black exotic dancer during a party…

March 7, 2007

African-American

To Atone For Slavery Ties, Brown University Commits $10 Million to Local Public Schools

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has announced a series of new commitments to atone for the institution’s ties to slavery, including continuing academic partnerships with several historically Black colleges and universities that were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The new programs follow a report of the school’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, released last October, that found much of Brown’s endowment came from slave owners’ wealth.

February 26, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of A Mess

For Diverse’s Web readers only: an advanced copy of our March 8th edition’s exclusive on how Black professors are under fire at Duke. With the criminal case against the lacrosse players unraveling, a group of professors are now facing fierce criticism that their own biases fueled a “lynch-mob mentality” on campus that has destroyed the reputations of three young men.

February 25, 2007

African-American

Carter G. Woodson’s Black History Month Organization Is On The Rebound

As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History headed into Black History Month, its senior management told Diverse that the most important factor in the association’s ability to teach history was its ability to learn basic economics. The association that Carter G. Woodson founded in 1915 was on the edge of bankruptcy in the 1990s, but is now on the rebound.

February 19, 2007

African-American

Black History, Studies To Get Renewed Focus With Painter at Helm of Organization of American Historians

Dr. Nell Irvin Painter will assume the presidency next month of the Organization of American Historians, the 100-year-old organization dedicated to the study, practice and teaching of American history. African-American history and studies are expected to receive renewed attention under Painter’s leadership.

February 14, 2007

African-American

Book of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory Tower

In 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degree…

February 7, 2007