And just last month, many notables gathered in Washington for the groundbreaking of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial, which will have a location on the National Mall.
Our “Year in Review” would not be complete if we didn’t remember the people we lost throughout the year — Coretta Scott King, Gordon Parks, Ed Bradley, Dr. Nellie McKay, Dr. Clinton Bristow — just to name a few.
Though not an exhaustive list, the following pages include additional significant events that occurred throughout the year.
Duke Lacrosse Rape Claim Spurs Outrage | Summers To Step Down, Ending Tumult at Harvard | Tennessee Ends Historic Civil Rights Lawsuit | Clark Atlanta Engineering Professors Sue University Over Department’s Closure | Southern Illinois University Opens Minority Fellowships to All Students | Bush Signs Bill Awarding Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal | Morris Brown’s Ex-president Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement | CUNY Retention Program for Black Males Under Fire | Virginia Tech to Reward Faculty for Diversity Efforts | Brown University Atones for Ties To Slavery | Texas Southern Regents Vote to Fire President | Upward Bound Changes Called ‘Ethically Immoral’ | Claflin University Launches Think Tank to Focus on Southern Black History | Michigan Voters Ban Affirmative Action | Harvard’s Civil Rights Project Moves to UCLA
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