In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education declared that separate schools for black students and white students should be dismantled with “all deliberate speed.”
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Whose Interests Do College Diversity Officers Serve?
Administrative bloat is driving up the cost of higher education—without doing much to help the most vulnerable students.
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Reconsidering the Black Panthers Through Photos
A black man helps an older African-American woman as she shops in an Oakland, Calif., supermarket. The image from 1972, by Stephen Shames, documents an initiative to protect the elderly in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
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Storytelling haze shrouds the musical ‘Blackberry Daze’
[two_fifth padding=”0 35px 0 10px”]BY Nelson Pressley | PUB The Washington Post Ruth P. Watson’s 2012 novel, “Blackberry Days of Summer,” is now a bluesy new musical called “Blackberry Daze,” and that change of spelling in the title foreshadows more bafflement and confusion than was probably intended.[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”]Watson’s semi-mystery, with struggles and triumphs evoking […]
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Cal State LA offers segregated housing for black students
California State University Los Angeles recently rolled out segregated housing for black students.
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Math is racist: How data is driving inequality
It’s no surprise that inequality in the U.S. is on the rise. But what you might not know is that math is partly to blame.
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How Domestic Violence In One Home Affects Every Child In A Class
“The first thing I’m looking for are the faces,” says Welch, a school counselor. She’s searching for hints of fear, pain or anger.
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How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead
When you get inside the room you will know who the mother is. Yes, I’m very sure.
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A Pioneering African-American Art Force Changes Houston and Museums Everywhere: Why Isn’t She Better Known?
Alvia Wardlaw, a Wellesley grad and UT’s First African-American Phd In Art History, and is Director of the University Museum at TSU. Why is she still one of America’s most under-known Curators?
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The King with 100 Wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren’t all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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