DIVERSE Views

A Time for Change? President Obama on Indian Country and Native Nations

by Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, March 27, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama has been heralded for taking more actions in the first 30 days of his administration than some presidents have done in their entire service as president.In his first few days in office, Obama issued executive orders and presidential memoranda to direct the U.S. military to develop

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‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’

by diheonline, March 26, 2009

In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) ‘His Genius Could Not Be Denied’   By Hilary Hurd Anyaso   “Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.   Dr. Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus at UChicago, where Franklin chaired

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Changing the Conversation About HBCUs: YES WE CAN!

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, March 22, 2009

Over the past month, I have been to three meetings in which the leaders of HBCUs have come together to talk about these venerable institutions during this time of economic crisis.  I have come away from each of these meetings thinking, "There has got to be a way to change

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The Perils of being young, African American and Male

by Dr. James Ewers, March 19, 2009

There is an unhealthy generational gap within the African American male community. It is acute and now more serious than ever. There are some stark differences to what was and what is. Black men my age grew up respecting social customs. For example, we loved our parents and honored our

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The Beleagured Michael Steele

by Dr. Elwood Watson, March 16, 2009

Several weeks ago, the Republican National Committee  elected Michael Steele as its first Black party chairman. What was seen at the time as an excellent move on the part of the GOP by some (even some Black columnists such as Earl Ofari Hutchinson and USA Today columnist DeWayne Wickham) has

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