Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African Americans in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us or tweet @jbhedotcom with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?
The New Yorker

The Lost Promise of Black Study
Boston Review

Black Americans Discover Classical Education
Patheos

ESPN Showing College Games Because Of Players’ Skin Color Is Divisive And Wrong
The Federalist

How Better Funding Can Increase the Number and Diversity of Ph.D. Students
Florida News Times

Redrawing the Map: Grassroots Organization Trains Black College Students and Young Professionals on the Importance of Redistricting
Southern Poverty Law Center

South Florida’s Only Historically Black University Is in Danger of Closing
Miami New Times

How Mexico Offered Freedom to the Enslaved People of the Antebellum South
USC News

Kentucky State University Is In Financial Peril
Forbes