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African-American

Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day

Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.

May 25, 2011

African-American

First Lady Welcomed at Spelman College

First Lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told the 550 students graduating from historically Black Spelman College that no matter where they go, they need to bring the school’s ideals to the world.

May 16, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Empowering Women for Academic Leadership Roles

This past week, I had the pleasure of attending a session on empowering women for academic leadership roles. The event was held at the University of Pennsylvania and featured female academic leaders — our president, deans, center leaders and department chairs. Together, these impressive women offered advice to all of the women in the audience. […]

May 2, 2011

African-American

Malcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60

Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.

April 3, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Can Universities Keep the Minority Students They Woo?

Black and Latino students are, on average, far less likely to graduate in six years than their White and Asian peers.

February 23, 2011

African-American

Black History Month Book Special, Part II

DiverseEducation.com commemorates Black History Month with a three-part book review series, spanning a wide array of African-American-themed history and culture volumes.

February 23, 2011

Students

Campus Racial Flaps Dog Alabama Despite Progress

Months after the university unveiled a plaza and clock tower named for its earliest Black students, the campus was swamped with unwelcome attention after a White student was disciplined for yelling racial slurs.

February 20, 2011

African-American

Census Estimates Show Blacks Moving South

The Southern U.S. region – primarily metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Charlotte, N.C. – accounted for roughly 75 percent of the population gains among Blacks since 2000.

February 16, 2011

African-American

The Black Biz Hookup Launches To Promote Discounted Offerings & Services From Black Businesses

Atlanta, GA (February 1, 2011) — Today the Black Biz Hookup launched as the first Group Buying website whose Merchant offerings of “Daily Deals” are Black Owned and Operated Businesses.

February 1, 2011

Students

Mississippi Governor Juggles White House Hopes, State’s Past

Haley Barbour’s latest efforts to talk about civil rights and race have seen improvement, a sign that the Mississippi governor knows that if he is to carry his party’s 2012 banner against the nation’s first African-American president, he will have to be more forthright about Mississippi’s troubled history, experts say.

January 30, 2011

African-American

Black Harvard Doctor Pens Memoir of Jim Crow South

Trailblazer now focuses on improving minority health care disparities.

January 2, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Reinvented New Jersey College Embraces Minority Identity

Faced with changing demographics, Bloomfield College stays true to its mission by embracing its status as a predominantly Black institution.

December 20, 2010