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The Quotable Black Scholar: Houston Baker on the Gates Arrest

Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed as First Woman of Color on the U.S. Supreme Court

Thursday August 6th, 2009 in Current Events, Higher Education, Princeton, Yale | Comments Off on Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed as First Woman of Color on the U.S. Supreme Court

Black First-Generation College Grads Who Made a Difference (a Partial List)

Is Vindication for Lucia Whalen also Vindication for Obama?

Vindication for Lucia Whalen, or Why the 911 Call Means Everything and Nothing at All

U Cincinnati Aims to Give First-Generation Students a Home Away from Home

Monday July 27th, 2009 in Current Events, Higher Education | Comments Off on U Cincinnati Aims to Give First-Generation Students a Home Away from Home

Disorderly Conduct at Harvard: Whalen and Crowley and Gates, Oh My!

The Quotable Black Scholar: Phillip Atiba Goff on the Gates Arrest

Thursday July 23rd, 2009 in Academia, African American Professors, Current Events, Harvard University | Comments Off on The Quotable Black Scholar: Phillip Atiba Goff on the Gates Arrest

U Penn Grad Prep Academy Aims at Black Males

Thursday July 23rd, 2009 in Academia, African American Students, African Americans, Black men, Black Students, Black women, Current Events, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on U Penn Grad Prep Academy Aims at Black Males

President Obama Weighs in on the Gates Arrest

Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 in African Americans, Barack Obama, Current Events, Henry Louis Gates, Higher Education, race | Comments Off on President Obama Weighs in on the Gates Arrest