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 ambassador for healing and a voice for those who' ...
Posted Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 3:16PM
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-- Also Secures Advertising Deals With Tide and U.S. Census Bureau --
Columbus, OH - Lee Moss Media, an award-winning African American marketing, public relations, and diversity recruiting firm, has hit the ground running in 2010. The 10-year old ...
Posted Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 1:23PM
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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 surrounding his death.
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Posted Sunday, February 21st 2010 at 2:50PM
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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 & Dr. Adriel D. Johnson.
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Posted Friday, February 19th 2010 at 7:01PM
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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 in Washington, DC. Check out her story and clips.
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Posted Thursday, February 18th 2010 at 3:24PM
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There will not be a BSI feature today. We will continue tomorrow. Thanks. -BSI Staff
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Posted Wednesday, February 17th 2010 at 7:56PM
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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 noted for his Afrocentric theory of pre-Columbian ...
Posted Monday, February 15th 2010 at 2:40PM
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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 in many African and some Asian societies comparab ...
Posted Saturday, February 13th 2010 at 11:06AM
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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 server. We have been excitedly working on these growin ...
Posted Friday, February 12th 2010 at 8:37PM
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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 Center. Dr. Black's pioneering research created new ...
Posted Wednesday, February 10th 2010 at 11:29AM
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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 with and lead many educational and other organizatio ...
Posted Tuesday, February 9th 2010 at 12:30PM
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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 Yardstick" and "Black English Vernacular and Educability". ...
Posted Monday, February 8th 2010 at 2:55PM
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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 renown in the 1990s for his pioneering work in traci ...
Posted Friday, February 5th 2010 at 7:27AM
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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 work addresses issues relating to race and feminis ...
Posted Thursday, February 4th 2010 at 5:40PM
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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 the researching of this history: Sara Dunlap Jackson ...
Posted Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 at 1:52PM
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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 on what can be done about the current condition of ...
Posted Monday, February 1st 2010 at 1:16PM
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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 Services (HHS) from 1989 to 1993. Watch his desc ...
Posted Friday, January 29th 2010 at 12:35PM
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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 Representatives from the South, and the first African Ame ...
Posted Thursday, January 28th 2010 at 6:33PM
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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 Negro, helped focus America's attention on the Har ...
Posted Wednesday, January 27th 2010 at 3:33PM
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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-American Dean of the Northwestern University School of L ...
Posted Tuesday, January 26th 2010 at 4:46PM
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by Jim Brogan - the Post Chronicle
Meet 13-year-old, Stephen Stafford II. Stephen Stafford is in his second year at Morehouse College
and is a sensation.
The 13-year-old is a triple-major child prodigy (biology, computer science and mathematic ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 1:50PM
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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. She was the first African-American and the firs ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 12:31PM
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Check out the member discount on a very nice commemorative Obama figurine. HBCU Connect members get 10% off. Take advantage before offer expires. ...
Posted Friday, January 22nd 2010 at 5:46PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Anthony Foxx, Charlotte, NC's new mayor. Check out this lawyer's story of service and watch a few clips.
http://blackscholarsindex.com/2010/01/anthony-foxx-charlotte-ncs-new-mayor/
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Posted Thursday, January 21st 2010 at 12:26PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Barry C. Black. He is the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. He was elected to this position on June 27, 2003, becoming the first African-American, the first Seventh-day Adventist, and the first milita ...
Posted Wednesday, January 20th 2010 at 12:14PM
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