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Black Quadruplets Make Yale Admissions History

Wordless Wednesday: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Then and Now

Notable Black College Grads: Dartmouth, Depaul, Detroit, Dillard, Drew, Duke

Saturday December 5th, 2009 in African American Students, African Americans, Black Colleges, Black History, Black Students, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on Notable Black College Grads: Dartmouth, Depaul, Detroit, Dillard, Drew, Duke

Old School Friday: Howard University’s First Commencement Exercises

Wordless Wednesday: “Pomp,” Assistant Janitor at the University of Pennsylvania, 1884

Wordless Wednesday: U Michigan’s First Black Woman Student

The Quotable Black Scholar: Bell Hooks on Healing the Black Psyche

Monday November 2nd, 2009 in African Americans, Black History, race | Comments Off on The Quotable Black Scholar: Bell Hooks on Healing the Black Psyche

Flashback Friday (Way, Way, Back): Harvard’s First Black Student Treasurer

Flashback Fridays (Way, Way Back): Ivies Reach Out to Southern Black Students, 1966

Friday October 23rd, 2009 in Academia, African American Students, African Americans, Black Colleges, Black History, Black Students, Harvard University, Higher Education, race, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Flashback Fridays (Way, Way Back): Ivies Reach Out to Southern Black Students, 1966

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Edward Orval Gourdin