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Protesters Stand Up For Jena 6 and More

Scholars say the cases of the Jena Six, Genarlow Wilson and the Black West Virginia woman who was raped and tortured by White abductors are indicative of a larger problem. In fact, many of the marchers who plan to peacefully protest in Jena today have a sense that there is something much greater at stake — overcoming a legacy of racism and unequal justice, not only in Louisiana, but across the country.

September 19, 2007

Students

Racial division still among struggles in Little Rock school district

LITTLE ROCK Much like 1957, 2007 has proven to be a highly divisive year for the Little Rock School District but the developments this year pitted a black-majority school board against the district’s black superintendent, rather than a battle over integration.

September 17, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Living With a Majority-Minority Mindset

While race relations have improved over the years, a lack of understanding regarding inequalities still exists.

September 5, 2007

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Fight or Flight

Ted Shaw and other diversity proponents retool while Ward Connerly gloats.

August 22, 2007

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A Deafening Silence

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this summer on the school integration plans in Seattle and Louisville seemed to be met with a deafening silence by the nation’s civil rights groups.

August 22, 2007

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Fight or Flight

Ted Shaw and other diversity proponents retool while Ward Connerly gloats.

August 22, 2007

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Is Right the New Left?

An Analysis of Justice Clarence Thomas’s Concurring Opinion In the Seattle and Louisville Cases

August 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Katrina Curriculum: A Lesson In Promoting Dialogues About Race and Class

A new curriculum is set to launch this upcoming school year at Columbia University, Teachers College, based on Spike Lee’s HBO documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”

August 19, 2007

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Affirmative Action Still In Play, Says Departing LDF Leader

Theodore M. Shaw, president-director counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund who is stepping down February 2008, talks to Diverse about his future plans and the ongoing fight to end inequality in education. He also has some choice words for anti-affirmative action advocate Ward Connerly.

August 18, 2007

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Diversity and Race Feature Prominently at AEJMC Convention

Nearly 1,800 journalism educators gathered in Washington D.C., last week for the 90th annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, an event packed with programming examining numerous facets of journalism teaching and practice.

August 12, 2007

Students

Tricky Times for the Top 10 Percent Program

Both supporters and critics of Texas’ Top 10 Percent law have been surprised at its popularity, but some UT officials and legislators would like to see the program scaled back.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Expect More Challenges to Diversity Programs, Says Spelman President

ATLANTA Spelman College President Beverly Tatum has championed racially diverse relationships for most of her life: as a child growing up in New England, as a young professor teaching about the psychology of racism and as an author writing about cross-racial interaction.

August 7, 2007