Chad Williams to Lead Black Studies Department at Brandeis University
For the past six years, Dr. Williams has been on the history department faculty at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
An Honor for the Africana Studies Department at the University of Cincinnati
The department received the Sankore Institutional Award from the National Council for Black Studies at the council's annual convention in Atlanta.
Author’s Son Seeks Ownership of a Malcolm X Letter Now in the Syracuse University...
The son of Alex Haley, who helped Malcolm X with his autobiography, states that the letter may be worth as much as $650,000.
New Journal on African American Education Founded at Wayne State University
African American Learners, a new peer-reviewed online journal, will be published twice each year.
Center for Black Music Research May Be on the Chopping Block
The center, at Columbia College in Chicago, has had its budget slashed by 70 percent since 2006. Now the interim provost has recommended that funding be eliminated.
Johns Hopkins Exhibit Examines the University’s Black History
The exhibit, entitled "The Indispensable Role of Blacks at Johns Hopkins," pays tribute to 50 individuals "whose professional and personal achievements have brought honor to the institution."
Allegations of Academic Fraud Leveled at the Black Studies Program at Chapel Hill
Many of the allegations involve former department chairman Julius Nyang’oro, who is retiring from the university as of July 1.
Emory University Opens Its Archives of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The archive includes materials from 918 boxes documenting the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1968 to 2007.
The University of Texas Arlington to Explore Its Racial History
The new Center for African American Studies will conduct an oral history project involving its earliest Black alumni.
Mississippi University for Women Undertakes an Oral History of the Local Civil Rights Movement
Eleven students are conducting the interviews which will be digitally stored at the Columbus-Lowdnes Public Library.
Penn State Splits African and African American Studies
The Department of African and African American Studies will be split into two separately budgeted academic entities.
Emory University Video Series Highlights Lesser Known Events in Civil Rights History
A series of videos entitled "The Hidden History of the Quest for Civil Rights," offers history lessons on lesser known events of the civil rights struggle.
Toni Morrison Society Sets Up Shop at Oberlin College
The international literary society founded in 1993 and dedicated to scholarly research on the works of the Nobel laureate, will now be housed at Oberlin College in Ohio.
Stony Brook University Offers New Master’s Degree Program in Africana Studies
This fall the university will offer for the first time a master's degree program in Africana studies.
New Center on Race and Democracy Debuts at Tufts University
The founding director of the new center at Tufts is Peniel E. Joseph, a professor of history at the university.
University of Arkansas Little Rock to Debut a New Academic Program on Race and...
Students in the new minor degree program scheduled to begin this fall will take two required courses and six electives.
Three Finalists for Post at the Center for Black Culture & Research at West...
The three finalists vying for assistant director of the center are James Jackson, Curtis Proctor, and Maurice Gipson.
Martin Puryear to Design Slavery Memorial at Brown University
The project will recognize the historic ties of Brown University's founders to the slave trade. The memorial will be located near the site of the university's earliest buildings, some of which were built with the help of slave labor.
University of Virginia Unveils New Digitized Oral History Project of the Civil Rights Era
The recorded interviews of scores of attorneys and scholars who were active in the civil rights movement were conducted in the 1980s and are now available online.
How Do Black Men Succeed in College?
Black men who were successful in college tended to have families who were committed to higher education and had a mentor during their K-12 years.
Brown University Student Discovers a Lost Speech of Malcolm X
An audiotape of the 1961 speech that no one had heard for 50 years was found in the university's archives.
Northwestern University to Host a Summit of Black Studies Doctoral Programs
The three-day conference will be held in April and will be highlighted by a keynote address from poet and Yale University scholar Elizabeth Alexander.
Multimedia Exhibit Examines the Journeys of African American Women in Higher Education
Roxana Walker-Canton's work will be on display for two weeks in February on the campus of Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Pioneering Black Chemists in Ohio
Sabrina N. Collins, an assistant professor of chemistry at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, has published an informative study on some of the earliest African American chemists in Ohio.
University of Miami to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Its Racial Desegregation
Today, the University of Miami has one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation.
Temple University’s New Website Documents the Civil Rights Struggle in Philadelphia
The website devotes much of its attention to the desegregation of Girard College in Philadelphia and the Columbia Avenue riots of 1964.
Nation’s Oldest Black Fraternity Honors Its “Mother”
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity placed a new headstone of the grave of the woman who nurtured the organization's seven founders.
Oral Histories of the Jim Crow South Now Available Online
Duke University Libraries offers 100 taped interviews conducted between 1993 and 1995 of African Americans who lived through the Jim Crow era.
The Papers of Artist John Biggers Have Been Donated to Emory University
Muralist John Biggers founded the art department at Texas Southern University.
Black Students at Tufts Mount a Campus Protest Calling for an Africana Studies Major
About 60 students participated in a protest on the Tufts campus that produced some positive results.
UCLA Publishes Livingstone’s Lost Account of an African Massacre
Livingstone has used ink he made from berries to write on the pages of an old newspaper.
Student Assembly at Cornell Calls for Reevaluation of Appointment of Africana Studies Faculty Search...
The resolution was introduced by Dara Brown, a junior who is chair of the Student Assembly's Women's Issues Committee.
In Memoriam: Rudolph P. Byrd (1953-2011)
A prominent black studies scholar, he authored or edited 11 books.
Six Faculty Members at Western Kentucky University Participating in African-American Museum Project
The new museum is scheduled to open next summer.
Yale Acquires Archives of an Eighteenth-Century Jamaican Plantation Owner
The documents provide a detailed account of the racial, sexual, and economic aspects of life on a Jamaican plantation.
UConn Receives Collection of Recordings Preserving the Culture of Darfur
Mia Farrow has toured Darfur and made videos of the region's music and dance in order to preserve them for future generations.
