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African-American

Empowering the Black Masses

Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia joins a growing body of literature on the civil rights and Black power movements…

February 7, 2007

Students

Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go

Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.

February 4, 2007

African-American

Perspectives: “Get Over” Slavery Comment Helps Apology Cause

When Virginia state legislator Frank D. Hargrove said Blacks “should get over” slavery, he unwittingly gave new life to the movement for an official apology to African-Americans for slavery.

January 28, 2007

African-American

The Evolution of Black Culture Centers

One of the latest projects by the African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University…

January 10, 2007

African-American

Interpreting African-American Life and History

As an undergraduate, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph had journalism aspirations. Although he chose an academic path instead…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Interpreting Religion Through Music

When Lorenzo Candelaria’s 7-year-old daughter asked what he does at work, the University of Texas musicologist told her…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke Fallout Continues as Top Black Professor Resigns From Race Committee

The Duke University professor heading a university-appointed committee to investigate race relations on campus in the wake of last spring’s men’s lacrosse scandal has resigned from that committee in protest against the recent decision to invite two of the players back on to campus.

January 9, 2007

African-American

In Memoriam: Bebe Moore Campbell, Diversity Diva

Following Bebe Moore Campbell’s transition into the spiritual realm, many took note of the Washington Post’s earlier appraisal, “If this is a fair world, Bebe Moore Campbell will be remembered as the most important African-American novelist of this century – except for, maybe Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin.” One dimension neglected by Bebe’s recent national coverage, however, is the fact that Bebe was the quintessential positive outcome of a diversity initiative.

December 2, 2006

African-American

Scholars: Slavery’s Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs

Several hundred people spent a day and a half recently at Brandeis University discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery…

November 15, 2006

African-American

Brown University Applauded for Examination of Its Ties to Slavery

A Brown University committee investigating the institution’s ties to slavery has recommended the school atone for its past by creating a slave trade memorial…

November 15, 2006

Students

Ohio State Students Protest Closing of Black Studies Library

COLUMBUS, Ohio A student group has created an online petition protesting the closure of two Ohio State University campus libraries: the Black studies library and the women’s studies library.

November 13, 2006

African-American

Howard University Forges New Ties for Freedman Project

WASHINGTON, D.C. Howard University will participate in a historic collaboration with the Genealogical Society of Utah, the National Archives and Records Administration and the Black History Museum and Cultural Heritage Center of Virginia to index Virginia’s Freedmen’s Bureau records – the “genesis records” of African-American identity in the post-Civil War era.

November 7, 2006