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Archive for May, 2009

(Really, Really) Old School Friday: U Vermont’s First Black Student

Friday May 29th, 2009 in African Americans, Andrew Harris, Black History, Black Students, George Boyer Vashon, Higher Education, Oberlin College, race, University of Vermont | Comments Off on (Really, Really) Old School Friday: U Vermont’s First Black Student

Wordless Wednesday: Cadet Celebrates at Friday’s U.S. Naval Academy Graduation

Sunday Inspiration: James Cone on Black Liberation Theology

Wordless Wednesday: Voorhees College Co-Ed, Early 20th Century

Free Troy Davis: A Call for Clemency

Sunday Inspiration: Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell on God, Black Americans, and the Meaning of the Obama Election

(Really, Really) Old School Friday: 19th Century Tabloid Blasts Harvard Abolitionists

Friday May 15th, 2009 in Academia, African Americans, Black History, Harvard University, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on (Really, Really) Old School Friday: 19th Century Tabloid Blasts Harvard Abolitionists

Black Firsts, March 2009: Phoebe Haddon to Head Maryland Law School

Wordless Wednesday: Franklin A. Denison, Northwestern Law School’s First Black Valedictorian

Honorary Degrees 2009

Monday May 11th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »