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 with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
Illinois Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson Calls on Military Academies to Step Up Efforts to Increase Black and Hispanic Enrollment
Rice Black Student Leaders Mentor, Build Community With Local High School Students
University of Toronto Prof Explores Black History in Canada
Oberlin’s First Black Graduate Honored in Tappan Square
Can Freedom Schools Fill Educational Gaps for Black Students?
A Historian’s Look at Abolition and Citizenship
Colin Kaepernick and the Legacy of Giants
Diddy Donation: Jackson State Remains Quiet on $1M Gift
Black Women in the Workplace: Strategies for Overcoming Invisibility, Harmful Stereotypes and Racial Bias
What the End of Affirmative Action Means for Black College Students
Black Student Enrollment Grows Despite Supreme Court Ruling
The Importance of Academic Spaces for Developing Black Excellence
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Gene Jarrett's book, Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird, tells the story of Dunbar's life as an African American writer in the late 1800s.
Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans
Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
Gerald McWorter Donates Archival Materials to the University of Illinois
Dr. McWorter - also known as Abdul Alkalimat - has donated a collection of his papers to the archives at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he is a professor emeritus of African American studies. The donation includes materials on the history of the Black studies field and the civil rights movement, as well as personal family records.
