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African-American

Restoring Hope: Conversation on the Future of Black America. – The Rejuvinating Qualities of Hope – book reviews

Several years ago I reviewed Breaking Bread by bell hooks and Dr. Cornel West for National Public Radio. I stated in my commentary that the conversation or dialogue between the two public intellectuals was filled with nourishment and inspiration. I felt their views provided us with a reason for hope, in a constantly changing world. Now a few years later, the popular West – with the help of Kelvin Sealey – has given us a series of exchanges with nine interesting individuals.

July 11, 2007

African-American

Black Men Speaking. – book reviews

Reading Black Men Speaking is not unlike the dichotomous soul-troubling and spirit-affirming experience of attending all-day Sunday or Wednesday night church services. The book is a gripping litany of sermon, scripture reading and spirituality. It is strident and unembarrassed by its message, urgent in its delivery, somewhat daunting in the tenets it proposes, and clear in its mission.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Working Capitol Hill: presidents of historically Black institutions spend week in Washington, where HUD grants $6.5 million to seventeen HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities; Dept of Housing and Urban Development

WASHINGTON The observance of National Historically Black Col leges and Universities Week drew more than sixty presidents from institutions dedicated to the higher education pursuits of African Americans to the nation’s capital in late September for meetings with federal officials. The week culminated with the announcement of a multi-million dollar grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to several historically Black colleges and universities.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Hostile words in Texas – campus rallies against University of Texas law professor

AUSTIN, Tex. Led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, about 10,000 students rallied last month to protest comments by a White University of Texas law-school professor who said African Americans and Hispanics cannot compete academically with Whites. University of Texas officials have criticized Professor Lino Graglia for his remarks, but say he will not be disciplined.

July 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Hostile words in Texas – campus rallies against University of Texas law professor

AUSTIN, Tex. Led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, about 10,000 students rallied last month to protest comments by a White University of Texas law-school professor who said African Americans and Hispanics cannot compete academically with Whites. University of Texas officials have criticized Professor Lino Graglia for his remarks, but say he will not be disciplined.

July 11, 2007

African-American

The Cattle Killing. – book reviews

Because The Cattle Killing, John Edgar Wideman’s first work of fiction in six years, is about loss – loss of life, loss of faith, loss of hope, innocence and direction – it seems only fitting that this review should begin like the book, with a metaphorical slaughtering.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Phenomenal growth – Black Issues in Higher Education’s sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority baccalaureates – Cover Story

African American Baccalaureates Surge by 30% From 1991 to 1995

July 10, 2007

African-American

Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World. – book reviews

Think of Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World as a very successful “crossover” book – a testimony bridging seriously crafted nonfiction and popular concerns, joining readers both erudite and everyday to heed a message important to all.

July 10, 2007

Sports

Changing the complexion of collegiate golf; Andy Walker helps pave the way by helping Pepperdine to NCAA championship – National Collegiate Athletic Association

Please don’t call Andy Walker the next Tiger Woods. He’s too busy being the first Andy Walker.

July 10, 2007

African-American

Ain’t Gonna Lay My ‘Ligion Down: African American Religion in the South. – book reviews

Convinced of the connection between religion and culture, Alonzo Johnson and Paul Jersild have attempted to contribute to a greater understanding of African Americans and their culturally religious ideas. Ain’t Gonna Lay My `Ligion Down: African American Religion in the South moves toward this end by examining aspects of the connectedness of Black and southern religion and culture.

July 10, 2007

Sports

The true significance of sports for Black Americans

I am not a sports fan. I’ve written that so many times it seems redundant to write it again. No, this is not another sports-bashing column. Been there, done that. This is a column about the context of sports, about the reasons why sports has been so important for African American people.

July 6, 2007

Students

Overcoming segregation in Alabama becomes responsibility of HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama Jamie Fleming is like other non-traditional college students in several ways. He has a strife and a nineteen-month-old son. He has a full-time job and he commutes more than 240 miles a week to attend classes. But until Fleming, who graduated from an all-white high school on rural Sand Mountain, Alabama, enrolled at Northeast Alabama State Community College on a scholarship, he had never sat in a classroom with an African American.

July 6, 2007