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Students push for UNC-Chapel Hill to rename building honoring KKK leader
Students at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill gathered in front of Saunders Hall to call for a renaming of the building. The Rename Saunders campaign which launched on April 9, has an online petition with more than 650 signatures.
Rutgers students protest Condoleeza Rice commencement speech with sit-in
More than 150 Rutgers University students protested the selection of former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice Monday with an all-day sit-in. Rice is slated to speak at this year’s commencement ceremony on May 18.
5 Kenwood Academy students to receive prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship
Five students at Kenwood Academy in Chicago earned a Gates Millennium Scholarship this year. The award pays full tuition plus room and board to a college of the students’ choice.
Update: Ohio teacher loses job for racist comment
A suburban Cincinnati teacher has been fired after making a racist remark to a black student. Gil Voigt had been teaching science at Fairfield Freshman School since 2000. He has been on unpaid leave since December when he told a black student who had stated that he wished to follow in President Obama’s footsteps that […]
Student activists protest Peabody ties to Wash U
About 100 people gathered outside of Washington University St.-Louis’ Brookings Hall in protest of the school’s ties with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy. The demonstrators called for the university to no longer allow the energy company to sponsor its Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization. They also was Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody, to leave Wash U’s […]
College promoting diversity names lover of confederacy president
The College of Charleston adopted a 2012 Diversity Strategic Plan, to address the school’s many “diversity challenges.” Now, the board has created a new challenge with the election of its new president.
Woman makes history by becoming college’s first African American female president
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, Ph.D., has made history by becoming the first African American, and female president of Trinity College. Members of the College’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of the decision.
Major changes coming to popular standardized test, could boost black student performance
Students in America’s schools will face a redesigned standardized test in the coming months. Curators of the Spring 2016 SAT test books say they are more focused and useful than ever. The changes could boost the success rate of black students. Major changes are described below.
With just 35 students, Morris Brown remains open
Morris Brown College lost its accreditation in 2003. They also lost most of their student population. But during a time when the future of many HBCUs remains unclear, the institution remains open with just 35 students.
Video: footage shows principal dragging kindergartners down hallway
A Connecticut school principal was suspended after a video of her dragging two kindergarten students down the school’s hallway surfaced. Tisdale School Principal Carmen Perez Dickson allegedly exposed the students to the inappropriate behavior in the spring of 2012.
Racist threat left on dorm room door at GVSU, investigation underway
Authorities at Grand Valley State University are investigating an incident where a black student found a racist threat written on their dorm room door’s message board. According to Dean of Students Bart Merkle, the student returned to the Copeland Living Center Monday and found the message.
Report: black students are the most underrepresented among Advanced Placement test takers
In the last ten years, the number of high school students taking advanced placement (AP) tests has increased dramatically. But according to the College Board’s latest report, one group still lags behind.