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African-American

Harvard Professor Ogletree: Sharpton is Obama’s Link to the Streets

The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend Charles Ogletree said Saturday at a forum in Harlem.

April 19, 2010

African-American

Black History Month Special: Oberlin’s Celebrated, But Difficult History

In his new book, the Oberlin emeritus archivist and professor of history talks about how his book painstakingly unravels clues of how the college faced the challenges of establishing a racially and culturally diverse institution from 1835 up to 2007.

February 24, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Black Professor Denied Tenure at Emerson Vindicated by Report

Emerson College has released a report produced by an independent panel that has found fault with the institution’s tenure process.

February 15, 2010

African-American

U.S. Racial History Less Understood Among Post-Racial Generation, Scholars Say

After the election of President Barack Obama, some college students consider prejudice and racism as relics of American societal behavior.

January 31, 2010

African-American

Scholars Speak Out on Haiti

In the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Diverse interviews three scholars of Haitian descent who study the island nation and teach its history and culture on the college level.

January 20, 2010

African-American

Dispelling HIV/AIDS Myths in Black Community

Claudia Pryor’s documentary explores the attitudes and awareness among Black youth in Pittsburgh about HIV/AIDS that will be the basis of a new curricula to dispel the myths surrounding Blacks with the disease

December 13, 2009

Faculty & Staff

SPECTRUM: GROWING BY LEAPS WITHOUT BOUNDS

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is familiar to millions of viewers on the popular PBS “History Detectives” program, a television series in its eighth season devoted to “exploring the complexities of historical mysteries.

December 9, 2009

Faculty & Staff

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: Answering the Call

Impact of HIV on Blacks compels HBCUs to develop initiatives to confront the spread of the disease.

November 25, 2009

African-American

DIVERSE BOOKSHELF: Further Along the River

A new study sheds light on the effects of student life on college success.

November 25, 2009

Faculty & Staff

LASTWORD: Tending to Diversity at an HBCU

Diversity acquires a new meaning and perspective at historically Black colleges and universities, where African- Americans are the majority and others are in the minority.

November 11, 2009

African-American

First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland

The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.

October 11, 2009

African-American

A MEDIATING FORCE

Home to a county with changing demographics, the College of Southern Maryland steps in to facilitate discussions surrounding race and class.

September 2, 2009