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Bush Chooses White House Counsel Harriet Miers for Supreme Court

President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on this week…

October 3, 2005

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Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Lawyer and Federal Judge, Dies at 84

When she was 15, Constance Baker Motley was turned away from a public beach because she was Black…

September 29, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Lessons in Inclusion

Dr. Wallace Loh still remembers the sting of hearing his high school teachers in Peru call him “el chino” — Spanish for “Chinese boy.” Why didn’t they simply use his name? After all, they did so with his classmates. And, they typically didn’t single out students of other

September 21, 2005

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‘Weather Nerd’ Attracts Attention After Predicting Katrina Disaster

A University of Notre Dame student whose Web site is drawing thousands of hits following his correct prediction of Hurricane Katrina’s

September 8, 2005

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Dissecting Diversity PART II

Scholars weigh in on group identity, the Black/Brown Alliance and the future of historically Black colleges

September 7, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Grants & Awards

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August 24, 2005

HBCUs

In Memoriam: Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (1937-2005)

We lost Johnnie Cochran recently. America lost a good man. Education lost a friend… Story:

April 20, 2005

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Survey: Length of New SAT Is Biggest

Survey: Length of New SAT Is Biggest Complaint Among First-Round of Test-TakersNEW YORK In a nationwide survey of test-takers conducted by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, 87 percent of students recently taking the new SAT reported that the three-hour, 45-minute exam was the longest test of their lives, making stamina and extended concentration a greater […]

April 6, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Aptitude or Acculturation?

Aptitude or Acculturation?By Julianne MalveauxWhat was Larry Summers thinking? The Harvard president, as well known for his brilliance as for his tactlessness, must enjoy the taste of shoe leather, given the frequency he puts his foot in his mouth. Some “off the record” remarks he made at a research meeting of the National Bureau of […]

February 23, 2005

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Wisconsin Historical Society Has Papers Of Slain Civil Rights Worker

Wisconsin Historical Society Has Papers Of Slain Civil Rights WorkerMADISON, Wis.The state’s Historical Society holds papers belonging to a one-time University of Wisconsin-Madison student from New York who was beaten and fatally shot 40 years ago for helping register Black voters. Andrew Goodman, 20, was killed June 21, 1964, one day after he arrived in […]

January 26, 2005

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LAW: James Forman Jr.

LAWCommitted To the CauseJames Forman Jr. Title: Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law CenterEducation: J.D., Yale Law School; B.A., Brown UniversityAge: 37 It’s not surprising that James Forman Jr. has devoted himself to the pursuit of social justice. As the son of parents who met as civil rights activists, Forman recalls meeting civil rights […]

January 12, 2005

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Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School Admissions

Appeals Panel Backs UW’s Use of Race in Law School AdmissionsSEATTLEThe University of Washington Law School did not illegally discriminate against three White applicants when it denied them admission in the mid-1990s, a federal appeals court panel ruled in December. The decision upheld a 2002 ruling by U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, and means Katuria […]

January 12, 2005