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Former United Negro College Fund President Dies at 75

Former United Negro College Fund President Dies at 75 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. Christopher Fairfield Edley, who served as president emeritus of the United Negro College Fund, died of a heart attack at his home last month. He was 75. Born in Charleston, W.Va., Edley graduated magna cum laude from Howard University in 1949, then became […]

June 4, 2003

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Taking Supreme Action

Taking Supreme Action Michigan proceedings offer some hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will affirm the use of race in academic admissions, say affirmative action proponents. But critics are more skeptical.By Ronald Roach WASHINGTONFollowing the oral arguments heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of Michigan cases earlier this month, affirmative action proponents […]

April 23, 2003

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Dealing with Internet ‘Nastygrams’

Dealing with Internet ‘Nastygrams’By Reid Goldsborough The Web can be a treacherous place. There are the quack health sites, the hate sites and the porn sites, if you don’t watch where you’re going. There are those who want to hack into your computer and use it to launch attacks against others, if you don’t protect […]

March 26, 2003

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Living Out a Dream — Abroad

Living Out a Dream — Abroad Law professor Catherine Powell takes interest in human rights to Israel By Kendra Hamilton The faint of heart might think Catherine Powell, professor of law at New York’s Fordham University and former executive director of Columbia University’s Human Rights Institute, has chosen an odd location to bear her first […]

March 26, 2003

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Taking Sides

Taking SidesLegal scholars may be divided on the possible outcome of the University of Michigan’s affirmative action cases, but they all agree it will be historicBy Erik LordsAs lawyers on both sides make their final preparations for the approaching April 1 deadline to present oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court in the University of […]

February 26, 2003

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Mississippi’s Crusading Gadfly

Mississippi’s Crusading GadflyWhile others maintain the fight is over, attorney Alvin Chambliss continues to breathe life into Mississippi’s famed college desegregation case. By B. Denise Hawkins HOUSTONAttorney Alvin O. Chambliss Jr. says that as long as the Ayers v. Fordice case is alive, there’s hope for Mississippi’s three historically Black universities and for the liberation […]

January 15, 2003

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Stetson Law Professor Criticizes School’s Lack of Diversity

Stetson Law Professor Criticizes School’s Lack of Diversity GULFPORT, Fla.A White professor at Stetson University’s College of Law is attacking the school’s record on recruiting minority students, and believes school officials are punishing him for his opinion. An article written by Mark Brown, 43, was published in Temple University’s law review and contends that Stetson […]

January 15, 2003

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Supreme Court Urged to Pass Up University Affirmative Action Cases

Supreme Court Urged to Pass Up University Affirmative Action Cases WASHINGTONThe University of Michigan has asked the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over its affirmative action admissions policies. The high court will decide in coming months whether to revisit a 1978 decision that let schools consider race in admissions. Two cases are […]

November 20, 2002

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Former Baltimore Mayor to Head Howard University Law School

November 6, 2002

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FAMU College of Law Officially Opens Its Doors

November 6, 2002

HBCUs

Black Colleges Urged to Create Law Schools

Black Colleges Urged to Create Law SchoolsHOUSTONThe best way to get more Blacks into the legal profession is for historically Black colleges to create more law schools, says Dr. Frederick Humphries, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO).Top universities typically have medical, law, engineering and business schools, and […]

October 23, 2002

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Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Hear Admissions Case

Opponents Ask Supreme Court to Hear Admissions CaseWASHINGTONWhite students rejected for admission to the University of Michigan appealed to the Supreme Court early this month, asking the justices to decide an emotional affirmative action case without waiting for a lower court to rule. The two would-be undergraduates claim they were unconstitutionally denied admission because of […]

October 23, 2002