Jamilah EvelynStudentsNo melody, but the memory lingers on – Orangeburg Massacre, South CarolinaWhen National Guard troops fired on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio in 1970, newspapers decried the lethal use of force the left four students dead. Television stations replayed the scene over and over again, and songs were sung to the memory of the fallen students on radio airwaves across the country.July 11, 2007StudentsBlack College Student Survival Guide. – book reviewsWith retention rates for Black college students hovering well below the 50 percent mark at many campuses across the country, an audit — conducted with a fine-toothed comb — of the factors that lead to the success or failure of a student would be right on time. A “how-to manual,” of sorts — written specifically with Black college students in mind, and chock full of helpful hints and wise insights from those who have already chartered the path and overcome the obstacles — is just what some Black youths may need to make it through the undergraduate experience.July 11, 2007HomeHistory as told by … professor proclaims his ‘Amistad’ ancestry – Samuel Hingha Pieh; includes related articlesSamuel Hingha Pieh grew up in Sierra Leone along with his five brothers; and sisters in a small city on the West African country’s coastal plains called Taiama.July 11, 2007StudentsHistorically Black Bluefield State’s ironic situation: desperately seeking Black students and faculty – Bluefield State College, West VirginiaBluefield, W. Va. When a historically Black university fails to sustain, say, a ten percent African American student population, People are bound to start talking. Well, they have.July 11, 2007HomePrivate college recruiters minimize 209/Hopwood impact – California’s Proposition 209; US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Hopwood decisionWASHINGTON In spite of California’s Proposition 209 and the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Hopwood decision. minority students who hope to go on to major institutions of higher education shouldn’t fret.July 11, 2007Previous PagePage 2 of 2