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Morgan State Constructing New School of Business in Honor of Earl Graves

Morgan State University is constructing an $80 million facility that will house the School of Business and Management, which was named in 2005 after Black Enterprise magazine founder Earl G. Graves Sr.

March 25, 2014

Faculty & Staff

John Lewis Takes Readers on a ‘March’ through Civil Rights

John Lewis’ best-selling graphic novel depicting the civil rights movement is the first in a trilogy, designed to tell the civil right story in an easy-to-read medium.

February 13, 2014

Opinion

Americans More Accepting of Interracial Couples and Marriages

Mildred and Richard Loving were a mixed-race couple from Virginia who were arrested by local law enforcement in July 1958 for violating the then state’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which prohibited White-Black marriages.

January 23, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Ohio State to Invest $200M to Create Arts District

Ohio State University wants to invest as much as $200 million over the next decade to create an arts district with a goal of helping make Columbus a world-class arts destination.

December 30, 2013

Students

Agreement Reached to Reduce Student Arrests in Florida

A deal has been reached between the NAACP, law enforcement and the Broward County Public Schools to cut down the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

November 5, 2013

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Ala. Leaders Tread Lightly on Forcing Segregation for U of Ala. Greeks

From the governor to a U.S. attorney, state and other leaders say they want to move past failed efforts and find a way to permanently end racial segregation in the University of Alabama’s Greek system. But for now they’re treading lightly in forcing change on sorority row.

September 22, 2013

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N.C. County School Board Removes ‘Invisible Man’ From Library Shelves

The Randolph County School Board has voted to take Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man from its library shelves after a parent complained.

September 19, 2013

Students

Ex-Student Leaders: End Greek Segregation at University of Alabama

Former student leaders at the University of Alabama went public Thursday in support of more diversity within the school’s racially segregated sorority and fraternity system, and a federal prosecutor said her office is watching for signs of change on campus.

September 19, 2013

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Several Hundred March Against Greek Segregation at University of Alabama

Several hundred people marched Wednesday at the University of Alabama to oppose racial segregation among the school’s Greek-letter social organizations.

September 18, 2013

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ETS Explores the Link Between Poverty and Education

The Educational Testing Service discusses their new report and offers ideas for policymakers on how to increase the probability of academic success for lower-income children.

July 24, 2013

Opinion

There’s Reality and There’s Clarence Thomas

Why is Justice Clarence Thomas ignoring the reality of segregationist arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case?

July 2, 2013

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Maxine A. Smith, Memphis Civil Rights Leader, Dies

Maxine A. Smith, an influential Memphis civil rights leader, died Friday. She was 83.

April 28, 2013