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Sports

Cam Newton as Today’s Cassius Clay

The hype of Super Bowl 50 is well underway, but it began last week with a bold blast of truth from the man of the hour ― a 26-year-old who just graduated in June with a sociology degree from Auburn University.

January 31, 2016

African-American

SAG Winner Viola Davis Takes on Diversity and Expectations

“Annalise Keating may not be a hero, but Viola Davis just might be. Davis has won an Emmy, an NAACP Image Award, and two Screen Actors Guild awards for her performance as Keating, a charismatic if conniving law professor on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder.” Saturday she spoke openly during her acceptance speech […]

January 31, 2016

Students

Designing the Future

Skidmore College’s Dr. Amber Wiley and her fellow 2016 Emerging Scholars breaking the bounds of academic convention in profound ways.

January 27, 2016

Students

America’s Extreme Need for More Black Male Educators

“Recently, a friend sent me a YouTube video of a group of students stepping during homecoming. The video didn’t appear any different than the dozens I have received throughout the year. But after looking closely, I recognized a familiar face. One of my former middle school students was helping her sorority sisters lead a stroll. […]

January 27, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Can a little Affirmative Action Help #OscarsSoWhite?

In a broad sense, what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has done is apply a little “affirmative action” in its quest for diversity.

January 25, 2016

Students

My Sister’s Keeper Helps HBCU Women Find Their Voices

When you hear the words reproductive justice, combined with college campus, you might think it is a move to make affordable birth control and abortion services available. But at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Spelman College in Atlanta, thanks to the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s My Sister’s Keeper, it means so much more. Linda […]

January 24, 2016

Students

How Racism on College Campuses—From Microaggresssions to Limited Diversity—Affects Black Students’ Mental Health

“Amid a surge in student-led protests around the country, many colleges have been struggling to make their campuses more accommodating for minorities. Last semester, student-activist groups nationwide issued demands to their universities seeking everything from mandatory sensitivity-and-racial-bias training to the development of safe spaces on campus for people of color. During a protest at Princeton […]

January 21, 2016

Students

To Be Young, ‘Gifted’ And Black, It Helps To Have A Black Teacher

“When a student is identified as “gifted,” the label is a vote of confidence — as in the indelible Nina Simone song. It also comes with a prize package: extra services, accelerated classes, individualized learning plans. The availability of these services varies widely from district to district. The chances of being identified as gifted also […]

January 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Donald Trump: An ‘Angry Voice’ or ‘Great for African-Americans’?

Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump has a message for all Americans.

January 18, 2016

African-American

Melvin Oliver named Pitzer College president, first African American to lead a Claremont campus

Melvin L. Oliver, a noted champion of campus racial diversity, will become the sixth president of Pitzer College, marking the first African American to lead one of the five undergraduate Claremont Colleges, officials announced Wednesday. Oliver, 65, will assume office July 1 at a time of national campus unrest over racial, ethnic and gender equity […]

January 13, 2016

African-American

Keeping the Faith for African-American Males

Well, 2016 is officially here and, as Black people, we must stop this violence upon ourselves.

January 6, 2016

African-American

A Closer Look at Race and Education in the Classroom

Christopher Edmin’s For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education explores solutions to bridging the gap between White educators and their minority scholars.

December 29, 2015