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Students

Singer John Legend Urges Howard Students To Consider Teaching

In an event that commingled star power and the power of the federal government, President Obama’s Education Secretary and soul singer John Legend visited Howard University Wednesday as part of a national teacher recruitment campaign aimed at making America’s teaching ranks as diverse as the nation’s students.

November 10, 2010

African-American

Fisk Proposes Revisions in Plan To Sell Interest in Stieglitz Art Collection

Fisk University and the Arkansas-based Crystal Bridges Museum have dotted the “i’s” and crossed the “t’s” on a major revision of their plan that gives Fisk $30 million cash in exchange for selling Crystal Bridges 50 percent ownership of Fisk’s prestigious Alfred Stieglitz Collection of art and photographs and giving the museum considerable control over the future of the collection.

October 10, 2010

African-American

Tennessee Judge Reverses Course, Embraces Fisk Plan To Sell Interest in Art Collection

Fisk University’s plan to sell half interest in its most valuable asset—a 101-piece collection of art and photographs—for $30 million to Arkansas’s Crystal Bridges Museum won conditional approval from a Tennessee judge who has blocked the sale twice in recent years, most recently last month.

September 14, 2010

African-American

Tennessee Proposes Temporary Custody Plan for Fisk Art Collection; School Protests

The State of Tennessee, the City of Nashville and a new Nashville arts center will combine forces to temporarily relieve Fisk University of its responsibilities to maintain a priceless art collection until the school regains financial stability, Tennessee’s attorney general said Friday in a plan filed with a Tennessee court.

September 12, 2010

African-American

Florida A&M University Marching 100 Founder William P. Foster Dies at 91

Dr. William P. Foster, credited with innovating a much-imitated high-stepping style as founder and longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100 band, died Saturday. He was 91.

August 29, 2010

African-American

Fisk Should Be Relieved of Responsibility to Art Collection, Judge Says

Citing Fisk’s financial woes, court calls for a new plan to keep the Stieglitz Collection in Nashville under different management.

August 22, 2010

Home

Obama Says Music Fueled Civil Rights Movement

Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.

February 10, 2010

Latinx

Berklee College of Music Reaches Out to Latin America

The Boston-based Berklee College of Music aims to be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.

October 12, 2009

Latinx

SPECTRUM : SMASHING THE STEROTYPES ON THE BIG SCREEN

While attending graduate school at Stanford University, Dr. Chon Noriega watched four films that impacted his life: “Stand and Deliver,” “La Bamba,” “Milagro Beanfield War” and “Born in East L.A.”

August 5, 2009

Latinx

Smashing the Stereotypes On the Big Screen

While attending graduate school at Stanford University, Dr. Chon Noriega watched four fi lms that impacted his life: “Stand and Deliver,” “La Bamba,” “Milagro Beanfi eld War” and “Born in East L.A.”

August 5, 2009

Faculty & Staff

HBCU Battle It Out

Highlights from the 2008 Honda Battle of the Bands, held in Atlanta. Music from North Carolina Central University’s marching band, Sound Machine, directed by Jorim E. Reid, is featured in the slide show.

July 28, 2009

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On diverseeducation.com: HBCU Student-run Record Label Launched

Americans have grown accustomed to television series talent shows, such as “American Idol” and “Making the Band.”

April 29, 2009