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New Interactive Website Featuring Henry Louis Gates Tracks Slave Voyages
In his PBS series "Finding Your Roots …" Henry Louis Gates Jr. presents guests whose roots cover the globe –…
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A Slave’s African Medical Science Saves the Lives of Bostonians During the 1721 Smallpox Epidemic
While some may never tire of hearing about the greatness of civil rights leaders, famous Black athletes and renowned entertainers,…
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Awarded Creativity Laureate Prize
Henry Louis Gates Jr., known for his work tracing the ancestral roots of some of the country's most famous celebrities,…
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Malia Obama Got into Harvard and Fox News Fans Called Her a “Little Monkey”
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Malia Obama deserves congratulations. Admitted to Harvard University, she has decided to take…
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Africare Nabs Top D.C. Health Official as President
A top-ranking D.C. health official will now head Africare, the nation's oldest and largest African-American-founded organization that works to improve…
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Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade Completes 4-Day Executive Course at Harvard
Arman Walia, BLEACHER REPORT CAMBRIDGE (BleacherReport.com) — Dwyane Wade is probably used to playing basketball in June, but…
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Michelle Obama, Race and the Ivy League
(Politico) – In 1988, a group of black students at Harvard Law School compiled a report designed to recognize…
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The Least Celebrated, but Most Successful, Colleges for Graduating Low-Income Black Students
(The Root) – Analyses that evaluate the success of HBCUs by observing their six-year graduation rates often miss the mark. On…
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Medical Students Hold “White Coat Die-In” Across the U.S.
(Mashable) – Medical students staged so-called “die-ins” in universities across the U.S. on Wednesday as demonstrations on race issues…
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Experts Debate Race-Based College Admissions
(The Harvard Crimson) – Two experts in educational inequality exchanged diverging opinions on race-based affirmative action in the college admissions…
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