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African-American

Problem Solver: Dr. Ivory A. Toldson

Toldson, a 2013 Emerging Scholar as selected by Diverse, challenges stereotypes of the Black community and seeks solutions.

January 17, 2013

African-American

Humiliation, Ridicule of Black Women Must End

Unless you have been hiding under a rock or are a transplant from another planet, you are most likely aware of the controversy surrounding the formerly, now recently cancelled proposed Oxygen network program “All My Baby Mamas.”

January 16, 2013

Students

Faculty Diversity a Topic of Discussion at MLA Annual Convention

The 128th Modern Language Association convention features hundreds of sessions covering a variety of topics related to American and European literature.

January 3, 2013

Students

‘Whiz’ Doesn’t Begin to Describe This Kid

Philadelphia scholar Cameron Clarke scores a perfect 2400 on the SAT.

January 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Hiring of Black College Football Coaches Still Lagging

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) released a report card on the hiring of minority football coaches at the Division I level on November 29, which showcased mixed results.

December 28, 2012

African-American

Charles Chesnutt Leaves an Indelible Legacy in Hometown and the Nation

Fayetteville, N.C. is well known as the home of one of the country’s largest Army bases. Historians and literature lovers may know that the city was also home to America’s first famous Black novelist, Charles Waddell Chesnutt. His works focused on racial prejudice in the country in the late 19th and early 20th century, an issue he knew first-hand and wrote about long before the Harlem Renaissance.

November 26, 2012

Students

Prescient ‘First Black President’ Still Trying to Steer Youth in Positive Direction

A quarter-century before Barack Hussein Obama was elected as president, he was portrayed by Dennis Rahiim Watson on college campuses across the country.

November 21, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Coppin State Names Interim President

An interim president has been named for Coppin State University.

November 14, 2012

African-American

Inspiration For NaNoWriMo

As many aspiring fiction writers are aware, National Novel Writing Month is full throttle. A small, nonprofit organization, the Office of Letters and Light, runs the effort known as NaNoWriMo, which has been a tradition since 1999

November 8, 2012

Students

Post-Election Backlash Strikes at Hampden-Sydney

Small Virginia school’s investigation of incident involving racial slurs and bottle throwing occurs in the wake of a similar disturbance at the University of Mississippi following President Obama’s re-election.

November 8, 2012

Sports

Sports or No Sports, the Spelman Brand Remains

Cherise Lesesne, a Spelman alumna, discusses her alma mater’s announcement that its athletics programs would be discontinued.

November 1, 2012

African-American

We Could Learn From South Africa’s Success Model

There are 50 million people in the country of South Africa. Of these 50 million, 79% are Black Africans, 9% are White, 9% are Coloured, and 2.5% are Indian. One million of these individuals are in the South African school system, but only 100,000 (10%) qualify for admission to college. Of this number, less than half graduate from college after five years. This statistic contributes to a significant problem in the country—a 25% unemployment rate.

October 25, 2012