Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 49

Students

Looking Toward The Future

Looking Toward The Future New research helps Black sororities and fraternities consider new governing structures for the next 100 years By Paul RuffinsAmerica’s Black college-based fraternity and sorority movement is rapidly approaching two historic milestones. Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Inc. (NPHC), and 2006 marks a full century since […]

June 16, 2004

African-American

Memoirs of Slave Who Died in Vermont To be Republished This Fall

Memoirs of Slave Who Died in Vermont To be Republished This FallBURLINGTON, Vt.The last time Jeffrey Brace saw his parents was in Africa as he headed to the river for a swim with friends. “My mother pressed me to her breast, and warned me of the dangers of the waters, for she knew no other,” […]

June 16, 2004

African-American

Black Biography Project Opens the Pages of History

Black Biography Project Opens the Pages of HistoryBOSTON History has not been good to Onesimus. As smallpox raged across Boston in 1721, the prominent Boston minister Cotton Mather suggested “ye Method of Inoculation” that he had learned from Onesimus, his former slave: Deliberately infect healthy people to boost their immunity. Although the first mass inoculation […]

June 16, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions“The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge,” is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done […]

May 5, 2004

African-American

Rethinking Nationalism: Seeking Answers for Future Black Voices

Rethinking Nationalism: Seeking Answers for Future Black VoicesAll of the organizations I am aware of that conduct statistical analyses of demographic information indicate that the United States is rapidly becoming a more diverse place (e.g., U.S. Census, 2000). Many of the major newspapers such as the Washington Post on March 7, 2003, seemed eager to […]

April 7, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to Slavery

Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to SlaveryPROVIDENCE, R.I.Brown University President Ruth Simmons has established a committee to examine the Ivy League school’s historical ties to slavery and debate whether the university should make amends. An article in Brown’s alumni magazine last summer reported that Simmons created the presidential committee last spring. She appointed about […]

March 24, 2004

African-American

Former Liberian Head of State Named Boston University’s African President-in-Residence

Former Liberian Head of State Named Boston University’s African President-in-Residence BOSTONRuth Sando Perry, the only female African head of state in modern times, has been appointed the next Balfour African President-in-Residence at Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC). A former legislator, teacher and bank executive, she served in 1996 and 1997 as […]

March 10, 2004

African-American

Reflections on Black History Month: There Is Still Progress to Be Made

Reflections on Black History Month: There Is Still Progress to Be MadeSeventy-eight years ago, Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month, was created to allow for the identification and celebration of the contributions of African Americans in our history and in our presence. While Black History Month promotes African American cultural empowerment and […]

February 11, 2004

African-American

Web Site Highlights Civil Rights History

Web Site Highlights Civil Rights HistoryBIRMINGHAM, Ala.Coinciding with Black History Month, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI), in partnership with the BellSouth Corporation, has launched a newly designed Web site, bringing civil rights history to the world. The site features the BCRI Oral History Project, a collection of videotaped interviews with participants in the civil […]

February 11, 2004

African-American

Telling the Untold Story

Telling  the Untold StoryPlans for three new African American museums are under way, signaling a growing interest in Black history, culture. But is it too much of a good thing?By Kendra Hamiltonuestion: What do Washington, D.C., Fredericksburg, Va., and Charleston, S.C., have in common? Answer: Each city will, in the next three to five years, […]

February 11, 2004

African-American

A Responsibility to Tell

A Responsibility to TellHistorians have long identified the essential role of storytelling in the African and African American experience. The griot, responsible for preserving the legacies and memories of a people for future generations, held an esteemed position in the community. This special Black History Month edition of Black Issues continues in that tradition, particularly […]

February 11, 2004

African-American

African American Online Guide Book Released

African American Online Guide Book ReleasedTOLEDO, OhioFor those researching African American history and culture on the Internet, a recently published book may provide guidance as to how to get started. Dr. Abdul Alkalimat, a sociology and Africana studies professor at the University of Toledo has authored The African American Experience in Cyberspace: A Resource Guide […]

January 14, 2004