Tag: African American/Black: Page 46

Students

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Rare Letter for Sale: Pardon of Black Underground RR Hero

PHILADELPHIA A letter that documents President Franklin Pierce’s pardon of a black man who harbored slaves went up for sale Monday.

July 18, 2007

African-American

Black firefighters’ group asks to join FDNY bias suit

NEW YORK A fraternal order of black firefighters moved Tuesday to join a lawsuit in which the U.S. Department of Justice has accused the city of inadvertently discouraging blacks and Hispanics from joining the Fire Department.

July 17, 2007

African-American

The Edge of Heaven – Review

The Edge of Heaven by Marita Golden, Doubleday, $22.95,288 pages.

July 15, 2007

African-American

America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible – Review

America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 480 pages.

July 14, 2007

African-American

UTC Surpasses Undergraduate Desegregation Target

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The Univer-sity of Tennessee-Chattanooga is the only school in the UT system to meet its court-ordered desegregation goal this fall, university administrators say.

July 14, 2007

Students

Large Black Voter Turnout Helped Usher In New House Leadership

Strong voter turnout among African Americans helped Democrats pick up five U.S. House of Representatives seats and avoid any net losses in the Senate in the November 3 election.

July 14, 2007

Students

News Briefs

WASHINGTON Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the director of Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, was among the nine honorees at the White House on November 5 to be presented the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) 1998 National Humanities Medal.

July 14, 2007

Students

The Power & Pain of Multicultural Politics on Campus

When votes came in a few weeks ago for new student senators at California State University Northridge (CSUN), most of the winners were students of color. While that shouldn’t seem unusual for a multi-ethnic campus where minorities constitute 62 percent of the 27,000 students, it was a noteworthy departure from past elections.

July 14, 2007

Students

The Broken Pledges of Greek Life

Videoconference searches for ways to end fraternity and sorority hazing

July 14, 2007

African-American

Letters To The Editor

If one of the editorial goals of Black Issues In Higher Education is to advocate and expand the base of those who seek to increase educational opportunities for Blacks, care must be most intensive when reporting the results of various studies that address any issue pertinent to the stated goal. This includes the issue of affirmative action.

July 14, 2007

Students

The persistent madness of Greek hazing: psychologists provide insight on why hazing persists among Black Greeks – fraternities; includes related articles – Cover Story

Mary Polk of Maryland didn’t learn that her son Marcus had been hospitalized until he called his brother when he came out of the operating room on April 8.

July 12, 2007