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Racquel Oden is the new chair of the board of directors of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. She is the first woman to chair the board in the organization’s 37-year history. Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is the natio...
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A new study led by Amanda Wilkerson, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, highlights the perspectives of Black youth voters at Florida HBCUs and how they engage with politics to effect change. Th...
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The board of supervisors for the University of Louisiana System’s Executive Committee appointed Connie Walton as interim president of Grambling State University. Dr. Walton has been serving as the institution’s provost and vice president for academic...
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A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau offers data on the diversity of every census tract in the United States. Overall, the diversity index nationwide is 61.1 percent. This means that there was a 61.1 percent chance that two people chosen at random...
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John Louis Flateau, a long-time faculty member at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, died at his home in Brooklyn on December 30. He was 73 years old. “We are heartbroken to learn of Dr. Flateau’s passing and send our deepest love and sympathies to hi...
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Angela Mensah, a teaching assistant professor of African and African American studies and communication at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded the National Communication Association Activism and Social Justice Division Pedagogy Award. Dr. Me...
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and Natasha Dartigue, the state’s Public Defender, announced the formation of the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative (MEJC), a new initiative designed to reduce the number of Black men, women, and oth...
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Rosemarie Wesson, a professor of chemical engineering at the City University of New York, was given the added duties of associate vice chancellor and university vice provost for research. She was associate provost for research and earlier associate d...
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The Alabama A&M University board of trustees paved the way for several new partnerships and programs to enhance recruitment and expand opportunities for students. The board approved a new agreement with Girls Incorporated of Huntsville to create...
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Lekelia Jenkins, an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, has been named a fellow of the International Science Council, the highest honor that can be conferred on an individual by the c...
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Historically Black Kentucky State University has announced a collaboration with the Kentucky Community and Technical College Systems (KCTCS). Key highlights of this partnership include enhancing educational access, streamlining transfers, offering in...
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Corey Moore was known for being one of the most intimidating defensive linemen in college football and went on to be one of the most decorated players in Virginia Tech’s program history. Moore was a defensive lineman at Virginia Tech from 1997 to 199...
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Colleen McElroy, a nationally recognized poet and the first Black woman to serve as a full-time faculty member at the University of Washington, died on December 12 in Seattle. She was 88 years old. A native of St. Louis, Dr. McElroy received an asso...
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The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University has acquired the archive of photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon, who shot some of the most powerful and enduring images of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The col...
- 3 months ago
The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University has acquired the archive of photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon, who shot some of the most powerful and enduring images of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The col...
