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The Quotable Black Scholar: Pedro Noguera on Class and Black Identity Formation

Monday November 9th, 2009 in African American Students, African Americans, Black Students, Current Events, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on The Quotable Black Scholar: Pedro Noguera on Class and Black Identity Formation

Friday Facts: For November 6, 2009

Friday November 6th, 2009 in African American Students, African Americans, Black Students, Current Events, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on Friday Facts: For November 6, 2009

Yale Sophomore Found Unresponsive, Cause of Death Unknown

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

The Quotable Black Scholar: Melissa Harris-Lacewell on Gay Marriage

Ruth Simmons, First Black President in the Ivy League, Puts Salary on the Chopping Block

Monday October 26th, 2009 in African Americans, Brown University, Current Events, Higher Education | Comments Off on Ruth Simmons, First Black President in the Ivy League, Puts Salary on the Chopping Block

Pioneering Black Feminist Makes History Again

Sunday October 18th, 2009 in African Americans, Current Events, race | 2 Comments »

McWhorter Watch: John McWhorter on Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and the “Racist” Label

Wednesday October 14th, 2009 in African Americans, Current Events, John McWhorter | Comments Off on McWhorter Watch: John McWhorter on Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and the “Racist” Label

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Miss Hampton University 2009

The Quotable Black Scholar: Ketema Paul on HBCUs in the Recession

Tuesday August 25th, 2009 in Academia, African Americans, Black Colleges, Current Events, HBCUs, Higher Education | Comments Off on The Quotable Black Scholar: Ketema Paul on HBCUs in the Recession