KATTI GRAYAfrican-AmericanOffspring Ensure Civil Rights Icons’ Work Lives OnThe children of 1960s civil rights icons pay homage to their parents’ legacies by tackling social justice issues.February 12, 20172017Pioneering MechanicJanuary 26, 20172017Repairing Education InequitiesJanuary 26, 2017StudentsAla Qattawi Constantly Fine-tuning Approach to TeachingDr. Ala Qattawi, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is a University of California, Merced assistant professor and the United States’ first female doctoral grad in automotive engineering.January 25, 2017African-AmericanUCLA Exemplifies Ability to Forge Ahead in Fisher EraThe Supreme Court’s re-visit of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin reignites the debate over affirmative action in admissions.January 20, 2016HomeBlack Scholars Seek Path to Excellence in Eurocentric SettingBlack scholars whose concern for Black America’s well being shows up in their classroom teaching and research sometimes are discouraged from following those pursuits, perhaps especially by colleagues at non-Black institutions.April 12, 2015African-AmericanAuthor Relishes Revisiting ‘Black Macho’Michele Wallace’s controversial book, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, is being re-released 37 years after its debut.March 30, 2015Community CollegesCommunity Colleges Creating Pathways for Underprepared StudentsThose who enroll in community colleges are more apt to confront realities that make getting a college degree harder.January 6, 2014African-AmericanN.C. A&T Alzheimer’s Study Targets Blacks, The Group Most Affected by the DiseaseThe planned opening of a brand-new, 3,100-square-foot building at North Carolina A&T State University later this year will mark another milestone in A&T’s role as lead research site for the first and largest study of Alzheimer’s disease among Blacks.July 16, 2013HomeUrban Living LegendWhen Robert “Godfather of the Environmental Justice Movement” Bullard became dean of Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs last year, he was making a deliberate return to that HBCU to highlight what he says are the ongoing and often under-the-radar issues of environmental justice for blacks and poor people of every racial stripe.December 28, 2012Previous PagePage 3 of 6Next Page
