Thursday, July 3, 2008

Black Caribbeans do better in America than in England

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"James Jackson is a distinguished scholar and academic leader. He is an articulate national and international spokesperson, researcher ...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Racial Differences in Treating Vision Disorders

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Timothy W. Olsen, MD. F. Phinizy Calhoun Sr. Professor of Ophthalmology. Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology. Director, Emory Eye Cente...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Employers who perform background checks hire more black workers

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Federal Bureau of Investigation OMB NO. 1110-0026 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) E...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Boeing Donates $5 Million to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Jacob Armstead Lawrence was born on 17 September 1917 in Atlantic City, NJ. After spending part of his youth in both Philadelphia and Easto...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

Aspirin as Effective as Ticlopidine in African American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study

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Philip B. Gorelick, MD MPH FACP. John S. Garvin Professor and Head. Chief, Neurology Service Interests: stroke, dementia, and neuroepidemiol...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

New Resource for Preventing Diabetes in African-Americans

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Joint CDC and NIH Program Releases New Resource for Use by Faith and Community-based Groups A new diabetes prevention resource designed to e...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Skyrocket, Illustrate NYPD Racial Bias VIDEO

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The NYPD arrested and jailed nearly 400,000 people for possessing small amounts of marijuana between 1997 and 2007, a tenfold increase in m...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Blacks more likely to be shot than whites even when holding harmless objects

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ANTHONY G. GREENWALD, Present Position Professor of Psychology, University of Washington Adjunct Professor of Marketing and International Bu...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Suicide attempt rate for blacks higher than previously reported

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Sean Joe: Assistant Professor of Social Work, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty Associate, RCGD, I Degrees * BA, Africana Studie...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Family History Influences Cancer Screening

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A new study indicates that African Americans with a family history of colorectal cancer are less likely to be screened than African American...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

U.S. African American Buying Power to Hit $1.1 trillion by 2012

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NewswireToday - /newswire/ - London, United Kingdom, - ReportBuyer.com, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Known genetic risk for Alzheimer's in whites also places blacks at risk

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Dr. Natalie Sachs-Ericsson. Phone Number: 644-4576 Email : sachs@psy.fsu.edu , Dr. Natalie J. Sachs-Ericsson HomePage A commonly recognized ...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Tight blood pressure control not enough to temper kidney disease in African-Americans

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Lawrence J. Appel Professor of Medicine; Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research , The Johns Hopkins U...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Rising Up a documentary on the civil rights era

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Rising Up a documentary on the civil rights era Produced by William G. Thomas, Bill Reifenberger, and the University of Virginia (50 minutes...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

SCLC Places Archive at Emory

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Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 Historical Records ...
Monday, June 16, 2008

The papers of Annie Bethel Spencer go to the University of Virginia

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The UVa Library's latest building, showing the Harrison Institute and skylights over the below-ground Small Special Collections Library....
Sunday, June 15, 2008

University of Virginia Library Acquires Papers of Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond

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The University of Virginia Library has acquired the personal papers of civil rights activist, former Georgia state senator and representativ...