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Paul R. Jones African American Art

Paul R. Jones African American Art Collection Exhibits at University of Delaware  NEWARK, Del. A groundbreaking exhibit at the University of Delaware presents the opportunity to recognize the distinct achievements of Black artists in the 20th century while placing them in the broader context of modern American art, organizers say. “A Century of African American […]

September 22, 2004

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Mixing it up at Spoleto

Mixing it up at Spoleto Annual festival shaping up to be one of the most diverse events on the arts calendarBy Kendra HamiltonCHARLESTON, S.C.One of the most anticipated events on the arts calendar — the Spoleto Festival USA, now in its 27th year in Charleston, S.C., — also seems to be evolving into one of […]

August 11, 2004

HBCUs

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding Change

Making Statements, Staking Claims And Demanding ChangeIn this edition we take somewhat of a break from our usual features to profile one of the most anticipated arts festivals in the country — Spoleto. Assistant editor Kendra Hamilton willingly took a trip to her hometown of Charleston, S.C., earlier this summer to cover the annual event, […]

August 11, 2004

Leadership & Policy

A Battle of Wills

A Battle of WillsPhiladelphiaAlong Philadelphia’s City Avenue, between the St. Joseph’s University campus and the Bala Station metro stop, an ominous black billboard has risen. “A man’s will should not be broken,” reads the legend. But though that phrasing might seem cryptic, be assured its meaning is clear as glass to any Philadelphian who cares […]

July 16, 2004

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In Memoriam

Walter H. Annenberg — businessman; statesman; publisher; philanthropist, The Annenberg FoundationArthur Ashe — tennis legend; educator; social activist; organizer, Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid Dr. Marguerite Ross Barnett — educator; political scientist; administrator; first woman and first African American president, University of Houston Dr. Ernest Boyer Sr. — educator; scholar; president, Carnegie Foundation for the […]

June 16, 2004

HBCUs

Commemorating Brown

Commemorating BrownThis is a list of events from selected institutions leading up to the 50th anniversary of Brown V. Board of Education• Bucknell University 12/03-4/04: “Brown at 50,” a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision•Harvard University Law School 4/13/04: panel discussion: Reflections on the Jurisprudence of Justice Thurgood Marshall: A View from […]

May 19, 2004

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Web Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Poetry

Web Site Highlights Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Poetry DAYTON, OhioNearly 100 years after his death in 1906, Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first African Americans to gain national prominence as a poet, is reaching a new, large and appreciative audience because of the Internet. The Paul Laurence Dunbar Web site, sponsored by the University of […]

February 25, 2004

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Emerging Academics in Print

Emerging Academics in PrintSoul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou WilliamsBy Dr. Tammy KernodleNortheastern University Press, April 2004, 348 pp., $30 cloth, ISBN 1-55553-606-9Pianist, composer and arranger, Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981), was one of the most significant and influential artists in the history of jazz. Yet throughout her prolific career of nearly […]

January 14, 2004

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Scholars of Note: Musicology

MusicologyStriking the Right KeyTammy KernodleTitle: Associate Professor of Musicology, Department of Music, Miami University of Ohio, OxfordEducation: Ph.D., M.A., Music History, Ohio State University; B.A., Choral Music Education and Piano, Virginia State UniversityAge: 34   Sunlight poured through stained-glass windows and illuminated the church piano in Danville, Va., where, from the time Tammy Kernodle was a […]

January 14, 2004

African-American

Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters

Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters     • Published by the Johns Hopkins        University PressDown in College Station, Texas, the Callaloo offices are gearing up for another whirlwind of activity. For an upcoming issue on the arts and history of the Afro-Mestizos of Veracruz, Dr. Charles Rowell has an international launch planned: The […]

November 5, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary Classroom

Moving Morrison Beyond the Literary ClassroomToni Morrison Society celebrates 10 years, encourages readers of all ages to know the authorBy Robin V. SmilesMention one of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s seven critically acclaimed novels to a friend and you will most likely be met with a familiar protest: “Beloved? I just couldn’t get through it”; “Paradise? […]

July 30, 2003

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From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.

From Timbuktu To Washington, D.C.Smithsonian exhibit highlights Mali’s intellectual roots, cultural traditionsBy Phaedra Brotherton WASHINGTONAn important center of learning where Islamic and West African scholars met and attracted thousands of students around West Africa to come and study, Timbuktu has recently become a major area of academic study. And Washington’s Smithsonian Institution hopes to introduce […]

June 18, 2003