Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 45

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Emerging Scholars: Merging Disciplines, Cultures and Languages

Dr. Lucía M. Suárez is modest about her success in academia. When asked about the journey that has led her to…

January 11, 2006

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In Pursuit of Civil Discourse in the Academy

I believe in civil discourse. I believe in the value that comes from intellectual engagement with thoughtful people…

January 11, 2006

Sports

In Memoriam

In Memoriam Ossie Davis, actor, playwright, producer, activist, and husband to actress Ruby Dee, was 87 when he died in February from natural causes. Wrote poet Haki Madhubuti in his tribute to Davis: “His art fed us, allowing us to grow and, yes, finally appreciate his greatness and his genius. He was, indeed, our golden […]

December 28, 2005

Students

Evaluating Evaluations: Answering the Unasked Question

W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question…

December 28, 2005

Faculty & Staff

University of Arkansas Revives Black Studies Program

More than two years after the Black studies program at the University of Arkansas was left…

December 20, 2005

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Harvard President Summers Marries Professor

Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers married Harvard professor Elisa New last weekend in a ceremony…

December 14, 2005

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Benedict College Performance Links Hurricane Katrina, Slavery

Kimberly Lucas slowly moves her arms and hands in whirling motions through the air…

November 21, 2005

Faculty & Staff

UNC-Chapel Hill Opens Up Records About Ties to Slavery

In the early decades of the nation’s oldest public university, students at the University of North Carolina…

November 16, 2005

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Michigan State Professor Wins $25,000

Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition…

November 16, 2005

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In Memoriam: August Wilson: 1945-2005

In 10 plays, nine set in Pittsburgh’s “Hill District,” August Wilson, more than any writer of his generation…

November 2, 2005

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A Question of Academic Integrity

A Question of Academic Integrity One scholar challenges the scholarship of Dr. Michael Eric DysonBy Dr. Paul R. Griffin After reading Ronald Roach’s interview (see Black Issues In Higher Education, Aug. 11, 2005) with Dr. Michael Dyson concerning Dyson’s latest book — Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has The Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?) […]

November 2, 2005

Students

Professional Appointments

Miguel Cairol has been named vice president for administration and finance at New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Previously, he served as acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president. Cairol holds a bachelor’s from California State University, Los Angeles, master’s degrees from The CUNY Graduate Center and from Baruch College/ CUNY and […]

November 2, 2005