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Let’s Talk about Race … in the Classroom

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, January 22, 2009

I am fortunate to work in a school of education that cares enough to examine itself in terms of its treatment of students of color.  That said, I recently sat through a school-wide faculty meeting in which the results of a survey of our students of color were discussed. For anyone

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Miss America's Racial Milestones

by Dr. Elwood Watson, January 14, 2009

While I was watching television the other day, I saw a commercial promoting the Miss America pageant which is scheduled to air January 24th on the TLC Network. The advertisement took me back to the late 1990s when a colleague of mine introduced me to some research that she was compiling

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Much to do about Morris Brown College?

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, January 6, 2009

Over the past few weeks – since the Atlanta Journal and Constitution announced that Morris Brown College couldn’t pay its water bill – several of my friends in the Black college community have called to talk about the historic institution. The first question thrown out for contemplation is “Do we

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