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Nebraska Lawmakers Split Omaha School District Along Racial Lines

In a move decried by some as state-sponsored segregation, the Legislature voted Thursday to divide the Omaha school system into three districts one mostly Black, one predominantly White and one largely Hispanic…

April 13, 2006

African-American

University of Kansas Professors’ Film on Confederate States Set for National Premiere

“CSA: The Confederate States of America,” a satirical movie by two University of Kansas film professors that examines life after the South wins the Civil War…

February 16, 2006

Latinx

Race, Identity and Academic Survival

Race, Identity and Academic Survival How Race is Made: Slavery, Segregation and the Senses By Mark M. Smith The University of North Carolina Press, 2006216 pp., $29.95 cloth, ISBN: 0-8078-3002-X For at least two centuries, says Mark M. Smith, White Southerners used all of their senses — not just their eyes — to construct racial […]

January 25, 2006

Sports

In Memoriam

In Memoriam Ossie Davis, actor, playwright, producer, activist, and husband to actress Ruby Dee, was 87 when he died in February from natural causes. Wrote poet Haki Madhubuti in his tribute to Davis: “His art fed us, allowing us to grow and, yes, finally appreciate his greatness and his genius. He was, indeed, our golden […]

December 28, 2005

Students

Hispanic, Diversity-based Greek Organizations

The University of Alabama, a landmark in the fight over racial segregation…

December 14, 2005

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Ole Miss Adds Meredith Statue to Memorial Plans

The University of Mississippi has added a statute of James Meredith, the first African-American to attend the school…

November 30, 2005

Students

Hispanic, Diversity-based Frats Add New Flavor to Greeks at University of Alabama

The University of Alabama, a landmark in the fight over racial segregation…

November 21, 2005

Students

Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Lawyer and Federal Judge, Dies at 84

When she was 15, Constance Baker Motley was turned away from a public beach because she was Black.

October 19, 2005

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Converging Complexities

Converging Complexities Higher Education and the Color Line: College Access, Racial Equity and Social ChangeBy Gary Orfield, Patricia Marin and Catherine L. Horn, eds. Harvard Education Press, 2005300 pp., $59.95 cloth, ISBN: 1-891792-60-1; $29.95 paper, ISBN: 1-891792-59-8 In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Grutter v. Bollinger decision upholding affirmative action, this book […]

October 5, 2005

Students

Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Lawyer and Federal Judge, Dies at 84

When she was 15, Constance Baker Motley was turned away from a public beach because she was Black…

September 29, 2005

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Affirmative Action in the Name of Restitution, Equity, Diversity and Cultural Democracy

Affirmative Action in the Name of Restitution, Equity, Diversity and Cultural DemocracyBy Alfonso López-Vasquez University of Michigan political philosophy professor Dr. Elizabeth S. Anderson breaks affirmative action policies down into four distinct points of argument. In the first, affirmative action is a necessary means to achieve social justice by compensating for past discriminatory behavior. Another […]

September 21, 2005

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Still No 40 Acres, Still No Mule

The simple mention of reparations for African-Americans in the United States can be counted on to generate a firestorm. Story:

August 10, 2005