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Some Displaced Voters Have Say, But Legal Fight Expected for Those Who Didn’t

Their journey began at the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King once preached, and it ended at polling places in the shattered city where they once lived…

April 23, 2006

Faculty & Staff

UCLA Opens the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Using local ethnic communities to conduct large-scale surveys exploring the racial attitudes of major groups and providing opportunities for faculty and students…

February 16, 2006

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Kansas Professors Witnessing Israeli Political History

Little did University of Kansas professors Deborah Gerner and Phil Schrodt know they would find themselves…

January 9, 2006

Latinx

Neither Enemies Nor Friends

In Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos, the 15 contributing authors explore relationships between Blacks, Latinos and Afro-Latinos, and point out both the striking similarities and differences in the racial politics of the Americas…

November 30, 2005

Latinx

Neither Enemies Nor Friends

In Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos, the 15 contributing authors…

November 30, 2005

African-American

Church Impacts Political Activism Among Blacks, Expert Says

Religion remains a salient social and cultural institution in the United States. Story:

August 24, 2005

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Still No 40 Acres, Still No Mule

The simple mention of reparations for African-Americans in the United States can be counted on to generate a firestorm. Story:

August 10, 2005

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Church Impacts Political Activism Among Blacks, Expert Says

Religion has continued to be a salient social and cultural institution in the United States Story:

August 4, 2005

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The National ‘Expertise Gap’

In 1957, the Sputnik launch galvanized all levels of American society to pour unprecedented resources into science Story:

July 13, 2005

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Lawmaker Says Black Voters Angered by Langston Controversy

A Black state lawmaker said recently that Black voters feel betrayed by Democratic leaders who agreed to… Story:

April 20, 2005

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Events

APRILApril 2-5Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU)2005 Capitol Forum on Hispanic   Higher EducationMadison HotelWashingtonWeb: www.hacu.net April 2-6American College Personnel Association2005 Annual ConventionGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention CenterNashville, Tenn.Web: www.myacpa.orgApril 6-9Family and Community Violence     Prevention ProgramSixth National Conference on Family and Community Violence Prevention“Navigating Pathways to Violence Prevention: Exploring the Links Between Families and Communities”Sheraton […]

February 23, 2005

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Noting Progress

Noting ProgressModern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Culture in JamaicaBy Deborah A. Thomas Duke University Press, 2004/2005376 pp., $84.95 Cloth ISBN: 0-8223-3408-9; $23.95; paperback ISBN 0-8223-3419-4 Modern Blackness is a rich ethnographic exploration of Jamaican identity in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Analyzing nationalism, popular culture and political economy in relation […]

February 23, 2005