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Faculty & Staff

Columbia University Announces Creation

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans…

November 1, 2006

African-American

Coppin State and NASA Launch Project On the Slave Trade

Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during…

November 1, 2006

African-American

Enrolling In Hip-Hop 101

After all the students make their way into the lecture hall, the professor slips the audio CD into the stereo system…

October 18, 2006

African-American

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

WALTHAM, Mass. A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery. The conference focused on overcoming the present “religious and sexual legacy” of the Atlantic slave trade and systems of bondage embedded in the original teachings of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

October 17, 2006

African-American

HBCU and NASA Launch Middle Passage Project

BALTIMORE, Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during a year-long geographical research project, federal and university officials announced yesterday.

October 11, 2006

African-American

Native American Studies Program Expands at Columbia

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans to create an American Indian studies program, making it one of only three Ivy League colleges to offer such a curriculum.

October 2, 2006

African-American

Bill Cosby Urges Black Support For Slavery Museum

Bill Cosby, who more than two years ago urged African-Americans to take more responsibility for their neighborhoods and children, says Blacks should be similarly responsible for building the national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

September 27, 2006

African-American

Stepping Up

As a graduate of an HBCU, it was good to hear that another university has stepped up to the plate in fulfilling the needs of this academic study…

September 20, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Quotes of Note

“Let’s talk about the complicity of the Episcopal Church as one of the institutions of this country who, of course…

September 20, 2006

African-American

Just In Time for the Black Panther Birthday Party

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, a professor of African-American studies at State University of New York-Stony Brook

September 20, 2006

African-American

Education for a Democracy: Money, Green Card Not Required

Last spring, the nation watched as unprecedented numbers of students walked out of their schools…

September 20, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Princeton Establishes Center for African American Studies

Princeton University announced this week the creation of a Center for African American Studies — a plan that includes doubling the number of faculty in its African American studies program, enhancing the undergraduate curriculum and seeking funds to endow the new center.

September 19, 2006