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Faculty & Staff

Giants in the Classroom

Giants in the Classroom Twenty influential scholars whose work has inspired others and made a significant impact on the academy Over the past two decades, Black Issues’ writers and editors have featured hundreds, perhaps thousands, of faculty in the magazine’s stories and interviews. Deciding on 20 faculty members whose research, teaching and service set them […]

June 16, 2004

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The Scholar-Activists of Brown

The Scholar-Activists of BrownScholars reflect on the intellectual contributions to the historic desegregation case When asked by Thurgood Marshall during the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case to join a team of scholars to answer questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court about the intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, […]

May 19, 2004

African-American

2004 Commencement Speakers

2004 Commencement Speakers•Ashland University (Ohio)  Robert C. Springer  Colonel, United States Marine Corps, retired NASA astronaut director  •Bennett College (N.C.) Gwendolyn E. Boyd National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  •Bucknell University (Pa.)  Ralph Nader  Consumer advocate, lawyer, author and presidential candidate  •California State University – Fullerton  Susan Elizabeth George  Educator, novelist and founder of the […]

May 5, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Still Having Her Say

Still Having Her Say More than a decade after becoming a household name, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier holds true to her beliefs, principles. By Ronald RoachThat Lani Guinier is one of the most publicly visible and outspoken scholars in the American academy should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed her […]

March 24, 2004

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Clark Atlanta Ends Plans to Tear Down Historic Landmark

Clark Atlanta Ends Plans to Tear Down Historic LandmarkATLANTA Clark Atlanta University officials say they have decided to sell a landmark restaurant that was a popular meeting place for Black leaders during the civil rights era. Officials said last month they will sell Paschal’s restaurant and motor lodge rather than tear the structure down to […]

March 24, 2004

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Are Our Voting Rights at Risk?

Are Our Voting Rights at Risk?Will African American voting rights expire in 2007? In this election year, as people are being exhorted to go to the polls to shape the direction of our country, an Internet rumor is circulating raising questions about the durability of the African American right to vote. The rumor has amazing […]

March 10, 2004

LGBTQ+

Attorney General Settles Voting Rights

Attorney General Settles Voting Rights Flap at Prairie View A&MBy Lydia Lum PRAIRIE VIEW, texasThe Texas attorney general has ruled that Prairie View A&M University students must be allowed to register and vote locally. “This has really energized the student body,” says Hendrik Maison, the student government president. “That’s the most exciting part.”The ruling, issued […]

March 10, 2004

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National Bar Official to Run Online Law School

National Bar Official to Run Online Law SchoolNEW YORKKaplan Higher Education officials have announced that Barry Currier, a senior official with the American Bar Association (ABA), has been named dean of the Concord Law School, the nation’s only online law school. The appointment is effective June 1. Currently, Currier serves as the senior deputy for […]

January 14, 2004

Leadership & Policy

University of South Carolina Appoints

University of South Carolina Appoints First Black Law School DeanCOLUMBIA, S.C.The first Black dean has been appointed at the University of South Carolina’s School of Law. Burnele Venable Powell was introduced to the law school faculty, students and staff last month by university President Andrew Sorensen.“Burnele Powell has the right combination of administrative, teaching and […]

December 31, 2003

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ACLU Brings Freedom Message to College Campuses

ACLU Brings Freedom Message to College Campuses BALTIMOREThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is bringing its message to college campuses this fall with its 2003 College Freedom Tour, the organization’s first national effort to reach college-age youth. Last month, the tour landed at the University of Maryland-College Park, drawing more than 750 students to discuss […]

October 8, 2003

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New University of Michigan Undergrad Admissions

New University of Michigan Undergrad Admissions Policy Modeled After Law School’s ANN ARBOR, Mich.Race remains a factor in the University of Michigan’s new admissions policy that asks more detailed questions of applicants but doesn’t use a point system in an effort to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. “We continue to believe in gathering […]

September 24, 2003

HBCUs

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns Lawmaker

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns LawmakerBy Scott Dyer BATON ROUGE, La. One of the most powerful African Americans in the Louisiana Legislature is warning that historically Black Southern University Law Center may be turning too White. Caucasian students accounted for 33 percent of the Baton Rouge law school’s total enrollment for the 2002-2003 […]

June 18, 2003