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Leadership & Policy

Fisk’s Fire Sale of O’Keeffe Painting Blocked by Tennessee Attorney General

Fisk University’s proposed sale of a priceless Georgia O’Keeffe painting was blocked Thursday by the Tennessee Attorney General, who said the sale would be “an artistic and financial loss for Fisk and would detract from the rich cultural environment of this community.”

April 5, 2007

Faculty & Staff

One Play A Day

Undergraduate theater students rarely get the chance to work on a major world premiere, but this year hundreds of them will…

March 21, 2007

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Fisk Seeks Court’s Permission to Sell Prized Paintings

Lawyers for Fisk University and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum early this month were working to hammer out an agreement…

February 21, 2007

Community Colleges

Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month Benedict College (S.C.)18th Annual Harambee Festival Berklee College of Music (Mass.)Performance/Discussion: “Black Music Matters” — Grammy Award-winning musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, scholar Dr. Cornel West and the Berklee student gospel ensemble Overjoyed combine to weave a performance and lecture on the history and current landscape of Black music […]

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Interpreting Religion Through Music

When Lorenzo Candelaria’s 7-year-old daughter asked what he does at work, the University of Texas musicologist told her…

January 10, 2007

Students

Carnegie Mellon Offers Microsoft Diversity Scholarship in Entertainment Technology

Carnegie Mellon University and the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft have established…

September 6, 2006

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Wynton Marsalis Gives Speech, Concert on MLK Day for Tulane Reopening

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, a native of New Orleans, will appear on the Tulane University campus on Martin Luther King Day…

January 10, 2006

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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

African-American

Black Activists Upset Over King Tut Portraits

Black activists say the computer-generated portraits of King Tut that are scheduled to go on display at a museum

October 19, 2005

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Bluegrass Symposium Revives Genre and Class Debates

Bluegrass music has taken a long road to the ivory tower from its hardscrabble roots in the rural South.

October 5, 2005

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Playwright August Wilson, a Master Storyteller, Dies at Age 60

August Wilson, a master storyteller and playwright who fashioned his tales of the Black struggle in 20th-century America

October 3, 2005

African-American

Black Activists Upset Over King Tut Portraits

Black activists say computer-generated portraits of King Tut that are scheduled to go on display at a museum exhibit…

September 27, 2005