February 2013
February 25th, 2013
Written by Laura Tillman -... in Education, the Great Equalizer, Latest News with 0 Comments
Two Mississippi colleges, Jackson State University, which is predominantly black and Millsaps College predominately white hosted conversations on race. The conversations were organized by Treshika Melvin, a senior psychology student at Millsaps College.
Last summer, Treshika Melvin read an essay that had her contacting everyone she knew. It was titled, "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys.
Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use the more modern labels "black" or "African-American".
The change will take effect next year when the Census Bureau distributes its annual American...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Gary D. Roberts... in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Attorneys for those who challenged North Carolina's boundaries for General Assembly and congressional seats began making arguments over the heart of the litigation Monday, accusing out-of-state mapmakers of creating lines that diminished the influence of black voters.
Democratic voters and civil rights and election advocates want a three-judge panel hearing the case to...
February 25th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in National Collegiate Dialogue with 12 Comments
Two recent reports delve into how the justice system deals with African-Americans – both adults and juvenile offenders.
African-Americans comprised only 14 percent of the U.S. population but comprised 38 percent of the jail population and there has been an unprecedented increase in incarceration among African American males since 1970. In 2009, the incarceration rate among black males was 6.7...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 38 Comments
How long will it take to admit and correct the injury and insult that is piled on by the continued use of Native American Nicknames and Mascots by high school, college, and professional sports?
Haven’t we as a nation done enough to Native Americans? First, we came to this country pilfered, pillaged their villages, women and children. We ultimately took the land and herded them off to reservations...