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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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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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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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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