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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On February 20th, the Black College Football Hall of Fame with open its doors with the enshrinement of its first induction class. The BCFHoF, located in Atlanta, was founded in 2009 to celebrate the contributions of players and coaches at Historicall ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 4:36PM
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As the economic downturn grows longer and more severe, it’s hard to find any proposals to cut costs that can be taken completely off the table. Programs that were recently considered untouchable have now been placed under the budgetary microscope.
In a couple of states — Mississippi and Geor ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 4:29PM
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Alumni, students, and advocates for historically black colleges and universities marched to the state Capitol from the Mississippi State Fairgrounds today to recognize the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and to protest Gov. Haley Barbour's r ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 4:18PM
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Can you donate a Lego robotics kit (or the $ to buy one)? Robotics in DC, a Saturday class that teaches engineering skills to 5th & 6th graders in SE, DC, needs about 10 kits in the coming days. For more information, please visit - http://roboticsind ...
Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 1:12PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features a HBCU President - Dr. Robert Michael Franklin ’75. He is the tenth president of Morehouse College, the nation’s largest private, four-year liberal arts college for men.
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Posted Tuesday, January 19th 2010 at 1:09PM
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This year the talent level at HBCU’s is exemplary and you can expect to hear some of the names listed on our 2009 HBCU All-American team called at the upcoming 2010 NFL Draft
OFFENSE
QB: Bryant Lee, Southern (6-3, 205, Sr., Boutte, LA) —A final ...
Posted Friday, January 15th 2010 at 2:40PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Stephen Stafford II, Morehouse College's 13 year old prodigy. Check out his story and an interview clip.
http://blackscholarsindex.com/2010/01/stephen-stafford-ii-morehouses-13-year-old-scholar/
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Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 11:17AM
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Although nothing is funny about murdering another person, this is still a funny (well, it is funny depending on your tastes) game to try out. In this game, your boss comes in the office to pretty much tell you off about how you are not doing your job ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 5:46PM
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As we all look to Haiti, today, The Black Scholars Index features Antenor Firmin. He was a Haitian scholar and the anthropologist well known for predicting Barack Obama's Presidency over a century ago. Check him out!
http://blackscholarsindex.co ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 3:18PM
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As with every Tuesday, today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates the life and accomplishments of Dr. James E. Cheek. Dr. Cheek, resident emeritus of Howard University, was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on December 4, 1932 ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2010 at 1:07PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Mary Eliza Mahoney. In 1879 Mary Eliza Mahoney graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston, MA. She was the first colored graduate nurse in the United States. For over 40 years ...
Posted Monday, January 11th 2010 at 2:00PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates the life of Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis. Dr. Wade-Lewis gave herself to her family, service, and her students. She was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in Linguistics from New York University and w ...
Posted Friday, January 8th 2010 at 3:28PM
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The Barber-Scotia College is launching an aggressive individual giving campaign. Your donation along with what we hope will be many other individual donations will go to supplement the Barber-Scotia College Annual Fund. Portions will also go to suppo ...
Posted Friday, January 8th 2010 at 2:47PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Harold J. Haskins. Harold J. Haskins has been an administrator at the University of Pennsylvania for 29 years. From his starting post as Assistant Dean of Students, in 1973, to his current role as Director for ...
Posted Thursday, January 7th 2010 at 8:26PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Maulana Karenga. He is professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He holds 2 PhDs, is a renowned author, and is the head of several organizations, and is the creator of Kwa ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 9:18AM
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Happy New Year! We're back!
Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. William H. Harris, current President of Alabama State University (ASU). He was one of the youngest appointed presidents ever (Paine College), he has se ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 4:37PM
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