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HBCUs

One on One With Spike Lee

Since the early 1980s, film director Spike Lee has made movies that entertain and educate while delving…

September 6, 2006

Students

College Applications To Include New Multi-Racial Box

In a nod to America’s growing multiracial population, the U.S. Department of Education…

September 6, 2006

Sports

A Winning Combination

If Damon Evans operated in the corporate world, he would probably have graced the cover of several magazines by now…

September 6, 2006

Students

Senator Declines Thurgood Marshall Foundation Award

RICHMOND, Va. Sen. George Allen of Virginia last week declined an award from the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund after an outcry over his selection for the honor.

September 3, 2006

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Study: Darker-skinned Black Job Applicants Hit More Obstacles

ATHENS, Ga. A University of Georgia study shows that dark-skinned African-Americans face a distinct disadvantage when applying for jobs, as compared to lighter-skinned applicants.

August 30, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Diversity Mandate

Before becoming the first African-American provost at Emory University, Dr. Earl Lewis had been on the front lines of the University of Michigan’s defense of affirmative action in higher education…

August 30, 2006

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Senator Calls College Student to Apologize for Racial Jibe

RICHMOND Va. U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., personally called an opponent’s aide and apologized for singling the man out almost two weeks ago with an obscure comment that has cast a shadow over the senator’s White House ambitions, his campaign says.

August 23, 2006

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Civil Rights Commission Takes On Diversity In K-12 Schools

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights assembled a panel of experts last month to discuss whether elementary…

August 23, 2006

Community Colleges

Class, Race Factor into Counselor’s College Recommendations

High-school guidance counselors advise middle-class Black students without a strong academic record…

August 23, 2006

Faculty & Staff

The Diversity Mandate

Before becoming the first African-American provost at Emory University, Dr. Earl Lewis had been on the front…

August 23, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Remembering the Michigan Mandate

Nearly two decades after its creation by the University of Michigan, the Michigan Mandate remains as one…

August 23, 2006

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Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century

Cheryl Lynn Greenberg, in Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century…

August 23, 2006