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Tag: Legacy
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First Black Graduate of UVA’s School of Law Dies at 87
John F. Merchant, the first Black graduate at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law and the first African American to serve on the United States Golf Association’s executive committee, died earlier this month at 87, reports The Richmond Free Press. Born in 1933, Merchant paved a way out of poverty by pursuing education. […]
March 18, 2020
Students
UA at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History Receives $2.25 to Preserve Legacy of Governor Rockefeller
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Center for Arkansas History has received a $2.25 million donation from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust to help preserve the legacy of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. As a way to honor Rockefeller and his contributions to the state of Arkansas, the Rockefeller Collection was created in 1980. It is […]
September 12, 2019
Students
Joan Johnson, Co-Founder of Johnson Products Company, Dies at 89
Joan Johnson, co-founder of the Black hair care business Johnson Products Company, died Friday at the age of 89 after suffering with a long illness, according to CNN. In 1954, she created the company alongside her husband George Johnson in Chicago. Johnson Products became the first Black-owned company to be traded on the American Stock […]
September 9, 2019
Students
LSU Establishes Legacy Scholarship Program
BATON ROUGE, La. ― As part of an effort to reconnect the LSU family, the LSU Board of Supervisors has approved the Louisiana Tiger Legacy Scholarship Program, which will begin with the summer/fall 2017 incoming class. The academic, merit-based scholarship will be awarded to incoming, full-time, Louisiana resident freshman or transfer students whose parent either […]
October 23, 2016
Disabilties
ADA at 25: Making Life Accessible
Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs’ world turned upside down.
July 28, 2015
African-American
Symbolic Gestures Distracting from Black Community’s Key Issues
Many times such nominal gestures wind up having insufficient funds when it’s time to cash them in. We cannot lose sight of the importance of substance.
July 6, 2015
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Supreme Court to Rehear Affirmative Action Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided to rehear a landmark case that could mean the end of affirmative action in college admissions decisions.
June 29, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Living the Legacy
Tuskegee University President Brian Johnson intent on expanding the house that Booker T. built.
February 26, 2015
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Harvard and UNC Sued Over Their Admission Policies
Lawsuits filed Monday against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation.
November 17, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Roderick Smothers Selected as Philander Smith College’s President
Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, who currently serves as vice president for institutional advancement and development at Huston-Tillotson University, has been tapped to lead Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.
October 2, 2014
Students
Fayetteville State University Alumnus Gives $1M
An alumnus of Fayetteville State University is giving a $1 million gift to his alma mater’s fundraising campaign.
June 17, 2014
Sports
Grambling Fires Head Football Coach
Grambling State fired head football coach Doug Williams on Wednesday after the Tigers lost the first two games of the season.
September 11, 2013
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