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âInfluential Yet Unsungâ Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson Has Died at 99
Gloria Richardson, âan influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer,â has died at age 99 in New York City, reports The Associated Press. By organizing the the Cambridge Movement on Marylandâs Eastern Shore in 1962, Richardson became the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside of the Deep South. The movement [âŚ]
July 19, 2021
News Roundup
First Black Faculty Member at Memphis State University Dead at 86
Memphis trailblazer and veteran educator Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis has died, reports WMC 5 news. She was 86. DeCosta made history by becoming the first Black faculty member at Memphis State University in 1966 â the same school that had denied her admission nine years prior. DeCosta-Willis spent 40 years in education and taught at LeMoyne [âŚ]
January 8, 2021
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In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost in 2020
In this memoriam, Diverse pays tribute to a few of the trendsetters and trailblazers, innovators and educators, scholars and thought leaders, champions and caretakers whom we lost in 2020. What links them is the indelible mark they left on the lives of countless students, higher education, society and the world.
December 22, 2020
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Howard University Mourns the Death of Alumnus and âBlack Pantherâ Star Chadwick Boseman
Howard University is in mourning after actor and alumnus Chadwick Boseman, 43, died on Friday following a private, four-year fight with colon cancer. He rose to international fame after starring as TâChalla in the groundbreaking 2018 film âBlack Panther,â becoming a beloved Black icon for fans, young and old. âBoseman was a man of grace [âŚ]
August 31, 2020
News Roundup
Dr. David Driskell, Influential Black Art Scholar and Artist, Dies at 88
Prominent African American artist and scholar, Dr. David C. Driskell, passed away on April 1 at age 88, said the University of Maryland, College Park. Considered one of the worldâs leading authorities on the subject of African American art, Driskell grew up in North Carolina and went to college at Howard University, said ARTnews. He [âŚ]
April 2, 2020
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