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UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African Americans

UCLA Study: Growing Mismatch Between African AmericansAnd Job Locations Increases Racial Inequality LOS ANGELESA new study conducted by a UCLA researcher and published by the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program indicates that the distance between African Americans and the location of employment opportunities has increased over the last several decades, exacerbating racial inequality in major […]

March 23, 2005

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Record Number of Students Apply to University of California Schools

Record Number of Students Apply to University of California SchoolsAmerican Indians only minority group to see applications fall in 2004BERKELEY, Calif. The number of students who want to get into the University of California topped 100,000 for the first time this year, including nearly 9,000 students seeking one of the 1,000 spots at the new […]

February 23, 2005

African-American

Africana.com Web Site Announces its Closure

Africana.com Web Site Announces its ClosureSTERLING, Va.Founded by Harvard professor Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Princeton University professor Dr. Anthony Appiah, the Africana.com news and feature Web site on African-American life and culture was to formally close at the end of January, according to the Web site. “After 6 years, Africana.com is shutting its […]

February 9, 2005

African-American

Sharing Some of the Blame

Sharing Some of the BlameThis letter is a response to the critique offered by Dr. Gerald E. Matthews to Dr. Bill Cosby’s comments and remarks about low-income African Americans (see Black Issues, Dec. 30, 2004). I am not an African American of wealth, but I did emerge from a childhood of poverty to my present […]

January 26, 2005

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Vanishing Black College Students?

Vanishing Black College Students? A young woman at my church confided in me that she dreams of enlisting in the military. Because we were in church, I simply shuddered and held my tongue, but my face must have told her what I would have liked to say. We talked a few minutes and she shared […]

January 12, 2005

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‘Staying Black’ While Attending College

‘Staying Black’ While Attending CollegeBy Dr. Dena R. WallersonSome of our Black students today face a peculiar dilemma when they arrive at college. They must negotiate the demands of proving that they have not forgotten their “roots” and must demonstrate their “Blackness” to others while getting a college education. For Black students attending schools where […]

December 15, 2004

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Ohio African Americans Cast Important Votes in Presidential Election

Ohio African Americans Cast Important Votes in Presidential ElectionDid African American voters help tip Ohio to President Bush’s column in the 2004 election? A respected analyst thinks so.Bush captured 16 percent of the African American vote in that swing state this year, up from just 9 percent in 2000, says Dr. David Bositis, senior research […]

December 1, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Growing Black Ivy

Growing Black IvyColumbia conference explores Black presence at elite schools By Ronald RoachNEW YORKOne of the many education access struggles waged by African Americans since the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown v. Board decision has proven to be one over Black representation at the eight Ivy League universities. Relating both the Brown legacy and the […]

November 17, 2004

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Report: Uncertain Future for African Americans Despite Past Gains

Report: Uncertain Future for African Americans Despite Past GainsWASHINGTONWhile important gains have been made during the past decade, African Americans still have a long way to go to achieve equality in America, according to a new report by UCLA professor Michael Stoll. While the 1960s through the 1980s were characterized with gains in civil rights, […]

September 22, 2004

Taking it to the NEXT LEVEL

Taking it to the NEXT LEVELBy Ronald RoachFew former college presidents can boast of a career as accomplished and varied as Dr. Michael L. Lomax. His résumé, which include tenure as a college professor, 12 years in political office as the Fulton County executive in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the presidency of Dillard University […]

September 8, 2004

University of California System More Diverse Than Originally Thought

University of California System More Diverse Than Originally ThoughtResearch shows more than half of undergrads are immigrants or children of immigrants By Pamela Burdman SACRAMENTO, Calif. The University of California has long been recognized as a diverse institution, but a new report reveals another dimension of that diversity: More than half of UC’s undergraduates are […]

August 25, 2004

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Blacks, Whites Share Concerns About Environment

Blacks, Whites Share Concerns About EnvironmentANN ARBOR, Mich.Contrary to commonly held assumptions, African Americans are as concerned as Whites — and in some cases more so — about environmental issues, according to a new study appearing in the June 2003 issue of Environment magazine.Dr. Paul Mohai, associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School of […]

July 16, 2004

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