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Analysis: Gates Arrest a Signpost on Racial Road

It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America’s most prominent Black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it’s not just another episode of profiling; it’s a signpost on the nation’s bumpy road to equality.

July 22, 2009

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Professional Appoitments

DR. ATHOS K. BREWER is dean of students at Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus. He previously served as director for student support services at Montgomery College. Brewer earned a bachelor’s from Capital University, a master’s from the University of Dayton and a doctorate from American University. DR. KAREN GOULD has been named president of […]

July 22, 2009

HBCUs

New Executive Director Named To Head White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced last Friday the appointment of Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. as executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

July 19, 2009

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Senate Confirms Ex-Astronaut Bolden to Head NASA

The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency’s 40th anniversary celebrations of man’s first steps on the moon.

July 16, 2009

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Perspectives: Wake Up GOP: Sotomayor is This Generation’s Jackie Robinson

Nine years into the new millennium and conservatives and Republicans — with straight faces — insist that it is they that should define the nation’s racial debate and that it is their views that are fair and objective and part of the U.S. mainstream.

July 15, 2009

HBCUs

President Obama Taps Xavier Alumna Dr. Regina Benjamin for Surgeon General

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a family physician and Xavier University of Louisiana alumna, to be the next Surgeon General.

July 13, 2009

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Hispanic Civil Rights Group at Center of Sotomayor Fight

Conservatives have called the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund’s stances against capital punishment and for abortion rights, as well as its advocacy of affirmative action in worker discrimination cases, “extreme” and “shocking.” Some have suggested Sonia Sotomayor’s longtime association with the group is an indication that she is biased and would be unable to render impartial decisions as a Supreme Court justice.

July 12, 2009

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Professional Appoitments

DR. M. CHRISTOPHER BROWN II has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Fisk University. He previously served as dean at the University of Nevada’s College of Education. Brown earned a bachelor’s from South Carolina State University, a master’s from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. LEANDRA HAYES-THOMAS […]

July 8, 2009

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Studies Offer Conflicting Results on ‘Obama Effect’

When exposed to Obama’s political success, test scores for Blacks improved in one study but not in another.

June 24, 2009

HBCUs

Professional Appoitments

DR. GREGORY ANDERSON has been named dean of the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver, effective July 27. Anderson formerly served as an associate professor of education at Columbia University. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Toronto and a doctorate from the City University of New York. DR. […]

June 24, 2009

Students

A Proposal for SNCC 2.0

Black alumni should work to harness the resources of their alma maters as well as their own talents for the betterment of the Black community.

June 24, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Rift Brews Between Texas A&M Chancellor, President

Texas A&M President Elsa Murano’s job could be on the line in the coming week when the A&M System’s Board of Regents meets.

June 14, 2009