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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Geogiana Simpson, 1 of the first 3 African-American women to obtain PhDs in the United States. She was a polished woman who became close friends with Fre

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Michael J. Sorrell, 34th President of Paul Quinn College. Under his leadership, the school has embarked upon an aggressive agenda that stres

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Philip Emeagwali. He has been called the "Bill Gates of Africa" and the "unsung hero of the internet" after using 65,000 processors to invent the world'

Today, The Black Scholars Index features William R. Moss. In 1999, Will Moss founded HBCUconnect.com - one of the first social network for African Americans. To date, it’s the largest online destinat

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. George C. Bradley, who in 2007 became the 14th President of Paine College in Augusta, Ga. Prior to being named president by the Paine Col

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Joy Degruy. She is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is

Today, The Black Scholars Index reminds you of Malcolm X on this day (the day of his assassination) - not to celebrate his death, but to provide awareness of his life and the some of the issues surrou

Today, The Black Scholars Index mourns the death of the three professors in the University of Alabama Shooting last week. Two of the three professors were African American - Dr. Maria Ragland Davis &

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Frances Cress. She is the author of The Isis Papers and creator of the Cress-Welsing theory analyzing the nature of white supremacy. She is a psychiatrist

There will not be a BSI feature today. We will continue tomorrow. Thanks. -BSI Staff http://www.blackscholarsindex.com

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (26 January 1935 - 25 May 2009). He was a historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University in the United States. He was

Heard of Mancala? Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called “sowing” games, or “count-and-capture” games, which describes the game-play. Mancala games play a role

Today, The Black Scholars Index successfully completed a server upgrade. Due to a huge increase in viewers, we reached the capacity of our initial hosting plan and had to upgrade to another web serve

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Keith L. Black. He serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical C

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Billy C. Hawkins, 20th President of Talladega College. He has dedicated 32 years as an educator, has authored 2 books, and has served wi

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Alondra Oubre. She is a medical anthropologist and the author of Instinct and Revelation, as well as published articles such as " The Adaptionist Yardstic

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Rick Antonius Kittles. He is an African-American biologist specializing in human genetics and is the Scientific Director of AfricanAncestry.com. He achieved re

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay. She is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Sara Dunlap Jackson. While we recognize and remember Carter G. Woodson as the “Father of Black History,” we often do not recognize giants who facilitated th

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Carter G. Woodson - 'the Father of Black History' (founder of Black History Month). Learn more about his story and watch a few clips. Also, weigh in

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Louis W. Sullivan, the Founding Dean and 1st President of Morehouse School of Medicine. He also served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Barbara Jordan. She was the first African American woman elected to Congress from Texas, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Represe

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Alain Locke 1886-1954, the 1st Black Rhodes Scholar, Author, and Full Professor of Philosophy at Howard University. His writings especially the book, The New

As with every Tuesday, today, The Black Scholars Index features a President of an HBCU. Today we present Dr. David Hall, President of the University of the Virgin Islands. He is the 1st African-Americ

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Carol S. Parham. She is an Associate Chair in the Department of Education Leadership and Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland, College Park