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University of Alabama student government says no to integrated Greek system
Members of the University of Alabama’s Student Government Association voted not to integrate the school’s Greek system. At the final session of the 2013-14 SGA Senate, the proposed resolution in support of the full integration died after being sent to committee instead of receiving a vote.
Hundreds March Against Racism At University of Alabama
In an attempt to desegregate campus Greek-letter organizations, hundreds gathered in protest at the University of Alabama. The marchers traveled from the university library to the administration building where the president’s office is located, and stood behind a banner that read “Last stand in the schoolhouse door.”
Alabama A&M Student Turns His Dorm Into A Food Pantry
Given how expensive meal plans can be, many college students are forced to go with the bare minimum or forgo the use of one altogether. Which means that finding food can become a bit of a challenge. To help make this a bit easier, a college student at Alabama A&M University took some ambition, a […]
That SAE Video, Racist College Culture & Black Student Survival at University
By Denene Millner I don’t know why folks are acting all shocked by this SAE video madness, as if despicably racist, nigger-filled rants by groups of white college boys is somehow new, fresh, unexpected and unique. Any human who’s ever stepped foot on the campus of a predominately white college or university can tell […]
University approves integration of fraternities and sororities
The University of Alabama’s student government voted to support full integration of the Greek system last week. The vote follows a year of controversy over qualified students being blocked from joining sororities because they were black. The discrimination was largely due to influence from a group called “The Machine.”
Majority white sorority elects first black president
A University of Alabama sorority has elected its first black president. The majority white organization Sigma Delta Tau voted Hannah Patterson into the position last week. Patterson, who has been a member of the sorority for a year, says that she ran for president to help her sorority grow.
Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability
By Tez Files Baptize me. Now that reconciliation is possible, if we’re gonna heal, let it be glorious. – Beyoncé, “Sandcastles” I must have heard Beyoncé’s “Sandcastles”a dozen times. I read all types of complexity into its lyrics. After having gone through a very difficult break-up, it was healing to sit with my emotions and […]
U.S. incidence rates of uterine cancer on the rise, with the heaviest toll on Black women
While experts say many forms of cancer are decreasing, federal researchers state that uterine cancer is rising. And African American women are experiencing the biggest toll of that increase.
New syringe that plugs gunshot wounds gains FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration has officially approved the use of a life-saving sponge-filled syringe that can plug gunshot wounds in 15 seconds.
Mother of college quarteback under fire for tweet about Jameis Winston’s dialect
Yesterday, Florida State University won the college football’s national championship, coming from behind to beat Auburn University. Jameis Winston, who recently won the Heisman Trophy, took home MVP honors after the game. During Winston’s post-game interview, Dee Dee Bonner, the mother of University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, took to Twitter to ask a question about the interview. “Am I […]
College fakes diversity by photoshopping black head onto white body?
In 2000, Diallo Shabazz sued the University of Wisconsin-Madison for photo-shopping him into their marketing materials. In his suit, Shabazz did not ask for money, but for “budgetary money” to actually make the campus more diverse.
Nat. Science Foundation Awards Clemson $5 Mill Grant to Advance Blacks in Computer Science
The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University with a $5 million grant launch an initiative aimed at increasing black participation in computer science.