Category : Education

Florida State University Adds New Documents to Emmett Till Archives Collection

Florida State University has recently acquired newly discovered documents to add to the university’s Emmett Till Archives collection. Emmett Till was a teenager from Chicago who spent the summer of 1955 with relatives in Mississippi. Till was a...

The Aftermath of the Supreme Court Ruling Outlawing Race-Sensitive Admissions

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in 6-3 decision that colleges and universities can no longer use race as a specific basis for granting admission. Doing so would, according to the Court, be a violation of the Equal Protection...

Three African Americans Selected for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Positions in Academia

LaVar J. Charleston has been appointed vice chancellor for inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2021, he has served as the university’s deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, vice provost, and chief di...

In Memoriam: Lucious Edwards, Jr., 1943-2024

Lucious Edwards, former faculty member at Virginia State University, passed away on August 24. He was 80 years old. For nearly four decades, Edwards served as an adjunct professor of history and the university archivist at Virginia State University,...

Pew Research Center Reports on Demographic Breakdown of the American Middle Class

Pew Research Center has released a report documenting the state of the American middle class and how it has changed over the past 50 years. The total share of Americans in the middle class has dropped from 61 percent of all households in 1971 to 51 p...

Herman “Skip” Mason, Jr. to Lead Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta

The Interdenominational Theological Center, a historically Black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, has selected alumnus Herman “Skip” Mason, Jr. to serve as interim president. The Interdenominational Theological Center is a consortium of h...

Harvard Study Examines How Prejudice is Learned Through Observing Behavior

A new study from scholars at Harvard University and the University of Amsterdam has investigated how racial prejudices can be passed along through observing others’ behavior. The authors conducted several experiments in which participants were...

The White House Presents Its Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award to Karen Ivy

The White House has presented Karen Lynne-Daniels Ivy, professor and assistant dean at the University of Arizona Global Campus, with the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is the highest honor presented by the President’s Volunt...

Study Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Exposure to Tobacco Advertisements on TV

In recent years, many studies have reported on demographic differences in tobacco use and tobacco-related health issues among American adults. Other research has revealed tobacco advertisements are more likely to appear in historically ethnic neighbo...