Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fred Rodriguez has been named the University of Kansas’ first-ever vice provost for diversity and equity

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LAWRENCE — Veteran educator Fred Rodriguez has been named the University of Kansas’ first-ever vice provost for diversity and equity. Rodriq...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Help @Sookietex to win a walk-on role in the new TNT show Falling Skies

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Hello artofthepossibleonline Subscribers sookietex here. As twitter's @sookietex , please follow. i'm taking part in a promotion by ...

New Effort to Address Health Disparities Highlights Baltimore's Innovative Barbershop Men's Health Outreach Program

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BALTIMORE, Md. – Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown announced that he is leading a new effort to address health disparities in Maryland. As co-c...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Genetic variants in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus (“lupus”) in African American women

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(Boston) - Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibili...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Florida Atlantic University was ranked one of the top 100, four-year colleges in the nation conferring bachelor’s degrees on to minority students

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BOCA RATON, FL -- Florida Atlantic University was ranked one of the top 100, four-year colleges in the nation conferring bachelor’s degrees ...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Hakim Weatherspoon encourages minority computer science students to build more than the Internet

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ITHACA, N.Y. – The Sonic Workshop – an undergraduate clinic in Internet computing – brought five students from Howard University and on...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Park University ranked in the top 100 of bachelor's degrees conferred to students of color in the United States

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Park University has once again been ranked in the top 100 of bachelor's degrees conferred to students of color in the United States, acc...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Deliberate discrimination against job seekers based on their race, sex, age, national origin or other prohibited basis remains major national problem

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WASHINGTON – Deliberate discrimination against job seekers based on their race, sex, age, national origin or other prohibited basis remains ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Demographic factors significantly affect mental health concerns among black men, according to a study by the University of ...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Appointment of Marie Foster Gnage to the West Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission

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Parkersburg, W.Va. 6/20/11 – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Friday the appointment of five individuals to the West Virginia Sesquicentennia...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), the nation’s second-longest running voluntary school desegregation program

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Expanding School Choice through METCO Non-partisan Research Groups Urge Lawmakers to Expand Minority Students’ Access to Proven Program BOST...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Marietta honors historical significance of Lemon Street School

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Marietta mayor Steve Tumlin and Ward 5 City Councilman Anthony Coleman honored Lemon Street School in recognition of its importance to the c...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Enemy at Home: Confederate and African American Women within the Missouri Wartime Household

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QU History Professor Presents Paper at Conference. Megan Boccardi, Quincy University visiting assistant professor of history, recently prese...
Monday, June 13, 2011

19th annual Black Issues Forum at Colorado State University on June 14-June 18.

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FORT COLLINS - Dozens of African American high-school seniors will come together to research issues pertinent to the African American commun...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

University of Maryland uncovering rich haul of household materials from an historic African American home in Annapolis

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - An archaeological team from the University of Maryland is uncovering an unexpectedly rich haul of household materials fr...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Jeremiah A. Brown

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HON. JEREMIAH A. BROWN. Legislator—Carpenter and Joiner—Clerk—Deputy Sheriff—Turnkey and Letter-Carrier. ON. JEREMIAH A. BROWN, or as he is ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

African American Women Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know

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ATLANTA – A subtype of breast cancer with limited treatment options that disproportionately affects young African American women will be the...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Hope and Destiny are not words typically associated with sickle cell disease but that’s the title of a new book on the illness

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ATLANTA— Hope and Destiny are not words typically associated with sickle cell disease but that’s the title of a new book on the illness by a...
Monday, June 6, 2011

Mary Church Terrell

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Mary Church Terrell - September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954, daughter of former slaves, was one of the first African-American women to earn a c...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Blind Lemon Jefferson Black Snake Moan VIDEO

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"Blind" Lemon Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) Birth name: Lemon Henry Jefferson. Born: September 24, 1893. Orig...