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Journey to Justice. – book reviews

As a reluctant spectator of the year-and-a-half-long O.J. Simpson murder trial, one of the most difficult tasks for me was to keep my personal distress over this particularly disturbing case separate from my regard for the many fine African-American attorneys involved on both sides of the bar.

June 23, 2007

Beyond brutality – scholars say repeated beatings born in hate and police culture

After an 80-mile chase, the blows to the body began almost immediately. The Riverside, CA, sheriffs repeatedly beat a defenseless Mexican citizen on the side of a freeway in Los Angeles County. The blows continued even after the man was down. Then, the same officer turned his riot stick on a woman passenger. She was dragged from the truck.

June 17, 2007

African-American

Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention

When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.

June 15, 2007

Community College Photo

Gene bashing – dilemma of black geneticists working on the National Institute of Health’s Human Genome Project

Black Scientists on Prestigious Genome Project Voice Concerns.

June 15, 2007

Perspectives: Boosting Criminal Justice Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

African Americans make up about 45 percent of the prison population, but fewer than 200 minorities hold doctorates in criminology. HBCUs provide the perfect environment for nurturing minority criminologists, but they need resources.

May 13, 2007

Halving High School Dropout Rate Could Save U.S. $45 Billion Annually, Study Shows

Lawmakers mulling a solution to the looming Medicare and Social Security shortfalls brought on by mass baby boomer retirements need to look no further than stemming the tide of high school dropouts, according to a study released Wednesday titled, “The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education for America’s Children.”

February 8, 2007

Study: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living Conditions

Living conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.

January 29, 2007

Clarifying the Shifting Sands of International Law

Jenny Martinez is proof of the power of role modeling and mentoring. As an undergraduate at Yale University…

January 10, 2007

An Unlikely Scholar

The only outward sign that Dr. Christopher Cooper is sick is a small round patch behind his right ear…

December 20, 2006

An Unlikely Scholar

The only outward sign that Dr. Christopher Cooper is sick is a small round patch behind his right ear…

December 13, 2006

Growing Number of Colleges Offering Majors in Homeland Security

ATLANTA Next year, Justan Holloway’s class schedule will look like the plot of an action movie: The college student will study international terrorism, disaster planning, criminology, social psychology and Arabic.

November 21, 2006

Criminal Background Checks to Become Part

In addition to daunting applications, lengthy essays and grueling exams, students applying to medical school may now face…

November 1, 2006

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