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Faculty & Staff

Passing On Our History to the Next Generation

There are some compelling questions to be asked regarding Black History Month as we know it now.

February 10, 2016

Students

Getting Published While Black

Minority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.

February 8, 2016

Students

The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing

The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.

February 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Demarcus Cousins Cries Foul and We All Lose

Monday, February 8, is the start of the Lunar New Year and, for Asian Americans of Chinese descent, a very big deal.

February 7, 2016

Students

NCCU to Become First HBCU in UNC System to Offer Women, Gender Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences at N.C. Central University will introduce a new minor, Women and Gender Studies, in Fall 2016. The move makes NCCU the first historically black college and university in the UNC system to offer a Women and Gender Studies minor subject area. This interdisciplinary program will prepare students to think […]

February 4, 2016

African-American

Stanford: Ethnic Studies Courses Help At-risk High School Students

High school ethnic studies courses focusing on how race and culture can impact life and identity can sometimes improve attendance and academic performance of students who are at risk of dropping out.

February 3, 2016

African-American

The College Where Martin Luther King Is Problematic

For many of today’s college students, it is not enough to agree with them on some things — one must accept their entire agenda, all at once, or be branded an enemy of progress. For a galling example of this, look no further than the University of Oregon’s student union, which recently considered removing Martin Luther […]

February 3, 2016

African-American

This 17-Year-Old Is a Rising Voice in Baltimore’s Black Lives Matter Movement

Makayla Gilliam-Price is a 17-year-old high school senior applying to colleges. She’s also an activist bent on dismantling racism, on making Baltimore a place where black kids have an equal shot at safety, at an education, at the future. And already, Gilliam-Price has found her voice. She found it at debate camp a couple of […]

February 3, 2016

Students

UConn Setting up Living-Learning Community for Black Men

The University of Connecticut is creating a community for black men inside a new dorm on its campus, following the lead of some other predominantly white schools in an effort to boost low graduation and retention rates among male African-American students. As many as 43 students, expected to be mostly freshmen and sophomores, will live […]

February 2, 2016

Students

Black America and the Class Divide

“In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois, the leading scholar of the first half of the 20th century, defined the urgency of black social responsibility in his famous essay “The Talented Tenth” — 10 being the percentage of the African-American demographic needed to lead the race into an integrated, equal America. In “The Talented Tenth,” Du Bois […]

February 1, 2016

Students

3 Black Students at SUNY Albany Report Racial Assault by 10-12 Whites on City Bus

Three black female college students say they were physically assaulted Saturday by a group of white men and women during a racially motivated attack aboard a city bus in Albany. The Albany Police Department said it was looking into the incident as a possible hate crime. There were no immediate arrests. The women, all students […]

February 1, 2016

African-American

Here’s A Way To Google Black History Like Never Before

In recognition of Black History Month, the Google Cultural Institute is providing a unique virtual experience to better explore and pay tribute to black history. On Monday, the online institute, which boasts an impressive collection of digital artwork contributed by museums, will release more than 4,000 new items that document different moments throughout the history of […]

February 1, 2016