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NAACP Complains About GOP Tenn. Ad

NASHVILLE Tenn. A White woman with blonde hair and bare shoulders looks into the camera and whispers, “Harold, call me,” and then winks.This Republican National Committee television ad doesn’t mention that “Harold” Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. is Black, but the NAACP and others have complained the commercial makes an implicit appeal to deep-seated racial fears about Black men and White women.

October 26, 2006

African-American

Senator Accused of Racial Gaffes Draws Support From HBCUs

Despite facing allegations of racial insensitivity during his 2006 re-election campaign, U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., continues to draw support from some African-Americans — particularly for his support of historically Black colleges and universities.

October 21, 2006

Leadership & Policy

‘Seeking — and Finding — the Best’

The size of this edition is unprecedented, our largest ever. And the theme of this special report…

October 18, 2006

Students

Facing Off On Political Diversity

Does the quest for diversity extend to the politics of the faculty? Earlier this year…

October 18, 2006

Latinx

Blacks Will Be Undercounted Under New Proposal, Civil Rights Groups Say

Civil rights groups are opposing the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to change the way colleges and K-12 schools…

October 18, 2006

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Decision Day Looms for Controversial Michigan Proposal

On the politically active campus of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor…

October 18, 2006

Students

Racial Name -Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads to Firing

The diversity-training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist”…

October 18, 2006

Health

MacArthur Geniuses Focus On Race, Black Men’s Health

Dr. Jennifer Richeson of Northwestern University says that she’s no genius…

October 18, 2006

Students

A New Angle Of Attack

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that colleges and universities could use race as one…

October 18, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The End of a Journey

Tennessee’s desegregation case comes to a close with all parties in agreement that the state has finally eliminated all vestiges of racial segregation in its higher ed system.

October 18, 2006

HBCUs

Death Penalty Sought For Former HBCU Professor Charged With Murder

ATLANTA The death penalty will be sought against a former mathematics professor accused of sending contract killers to murder his 22-year-old daughter-in-law, Fulton County prosecutors said this week.

October 17, 2006

Students

Perspectives: Students Have Differing Views Of Diversity At FAMU

How many ways can you define “diversity?” A recent study I conducted at Florida A&M University shows that students here in Tallahassee claim a type of diversity that is not defined specifically in federal court decisions. I’ve identified four different types of students based on their view of diversity.

October 17, 2006