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Leadership & Policy

Randolph-Macon College’s Less Heralded Congressional Candidate Puts Education Atop Agenda

Democratic nominee Jack Trammell will take on fellow Randolph-Macon professor David Brat, who barreled into the political spotlight with an upset of incumbent Eric Cantor, in Virginia’s seventh district race.

June 17, 2014

Students

Ruby Dee’s Legacy of Activism, Acting Mourned

For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined.

June 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

A House Divided? Randolph-Macon in National Political Spotlight

Two professors from Randolph-Macon College will vie for the right to represent Virginia’s 7th District in Congress in November.

June 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Those Who Lived It See Unresolved Issues of Brown v. BOE Today

The panel, “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era,” addressed issues of continuing inequality in the U.S. school system at the Rayburn House.

June 1, 2014

African-American

Trial Date for Five Charged in FAMU Hazing Death Set

The five remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major are headed for trial.

May 27, 2014

African-American

Equiano Celebrated at Howard University Event

In honor of the 225th anniversary of the publication of Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography, scholars gathered at Howard University to celebrate African-American scholarship.

May 26, 2014

Students

In Case You Missed It …

IU Professor Describes the Origins of the Asian ‘Model Minority’ in the U.S. Low Profile of New President of NAACP Might Be Obstacle for Group’s Growth   Social Activism Loses ‘Peaceful Warrior’ Vincent Harding Report: Financial Aid, Student Support Reforms Should Embrace Non-Traditional Black Students

May 22, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Social Activism Loses ‘Peaceful Warrior’ Vincent Harding

He was a renaissance man. A productive scholar, who wrote about the Civil Rights Movement, not as a distant outsider but as one who was intimately involved in the day-to-day struggles of Blacks in the American South.

May 20, 2014

Students

Mary Sias Stepping Down as Kentucky State University President

Kentucky State University President Mary Sias says she will step down from her position on June 30.

May 12, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Harrison B. Wilson Getting Honorary Doctorate from University of Kentucky

Denied admission to the University of Kentucky almost 70 years ago because it wouldn’t accept Black students, Wilson went on to become a coach and later a university president.

May 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees

Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

May 7, 2014

Community Colleges

Studying the Humanities Always Will Be Important

For the better part of the last two decades, we have heard from various quarters that studying liberal arts or the humanities in general was a waste of time.

May 6, 2014