Fordham University’s Burial Database Project of Enslaved African Americans
The project aims to create a national database for burial grounds and cemeteries of enslaved African Americans within the United States.
African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary
The two-week celebration being held in the first half of November will include an international conference, theater performances, film screenings, lectures, and other campus events focused on Africa.
Newsletter on Diversity Issues Established at Wayne State University
The newsletter project is under the director of Christopher Jones, director of equal opportunity at Wayne State.
The University of Rochester’s New Online Archive of Historical Documents Relating to Abolition
Included in the archives are letters to the Post family of Rochester from Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, and Frederick Douglass.
Wake Forest University Celebrates 50 Years of Racial Integration
In 1962, Ed Reynolds from Ghana became the first Black student to enroll as a full-time student at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He returned to the university this past weekend to relate his experiences to current students.
University of Minnesota Hosting a Conference on Global Racial Inequality
The fourth World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic will be held in Minneapolis on October 11-13.
Stanford Sees a Surge in African Studies Students
The number of students taking African studies courses at Stanford has increased 27 percent over the past eight years.
Anthony Pinn Is the Founding Director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative...
Dr. Pinn is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities and professor of religious studies at Rice University in Houston.
Emory University Expands Its African Origins Database
Emory has added the names of an additional 80,000 African captives who were victims of the illegal slave trade.
New Florida Atlantic University Website Explores Contemporary Race Relations
The project is under the direction of Kitty Oliver, a veteran journalist who teaches in the department of communication and multimedia studies at FAU.
For Its Centennial, Rice University Will Celebrate African American Art
Rice University, which until 1965 did not admit Black students, is planning to show a major exhibit of African American art to celebrate its centennial.
Penn Creates Africana Studies Department
The new department will have 11 standing faculty members and will be chaired by Camille Z. Charles, a professor of sociology at Penn.
University of Minnesota Renames Its Institute on Race and Poverty
The name was changed to the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity to reflect the broadening field of research being undertaken at the institute.
New Research Center on Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The new center will be under the direction of Alfonzo Thurmond, a professor of administrative leadership and former dean of the School of Education.
Students Learn How to Preserve HBCU Photo Collections
Twenty students from 10 historically Black colleges and universities recently took part in a seven-day workshop at the University of Delaware on preserving old photographs.
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.
