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Wake Forest Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Integrating Residence Halls

by Jessica Ruf | January 30, 2020 Wake Forest University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of integrating its women’s resid Read more

FAMU Professor Serves as Model for Rosa Parks Sculpture

by Jessica Ruf | December 8, 2019
Dr. Kimberly Brown Pellum, a Florida A&M University history professor, served as the mode [...] Read more

Dear Academia. . .

by Nichole Margarita Garcia | September 16, 2019
This is year-two on tenure track. I am already behind in meeting writing goals, lesson plans fo [...] Read more

Sisters of the Academy: A ‘Hidden Gem’ for Black Women in Higher Education

by Tiffany Pennamon | July 11, 2019
Nearly 20 years ago at Florida State University, a tight-knit group of Black women doctoral stu [...] Read more

Resistance Strategies for Black Graduate Students in Higher Education

by Ulyssa Hester | April 4, 2019
Being a Black woman at a predominantly White institution (PWI), I experience simultaneously rac [...] Read more

Solange, Black Women & Politics

by Joseph L. Jones | December 17, 2018
Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I m [...] Read more

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole Appointed Chair & President of the National Council of Negro Women

by Monica Levitan | November 15, 2018
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole has been appointed chair and seventh president of the National Counci [...] Read more

Celebrating #NastyWomen of Color

by Nichole Margarita Garcia | November 12, 2018
I walked a mile from campus to a church where my local polling place to vote was, like many Uni [...] Read more

Author Ntozake Shange Dead at 70

by Associated Press | October 28, 2018
Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony [...] Read more

Transitioning to Urban Education

by Walter Hudson | September 27, 2018
After spending a decade at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. T. Elon Dancy II has joined the facu [...] Read more

Three Black Alumnae Make History in Dartmouth Leadership

| September 21, 2018
As Dartmouth College approaches its 250th anniversary next year in the midst of an unprecedente [...] Read more

The Metaphysical Dilemma: Academic Black Women

by Janelle L. Williams and Ayana Tyler Hardaway | September 20, 2018
Daughter, sister, wife, mother, these titles are typically attributed to women. Academic, resea [...] Read more

White Supremacy: Get Out the Way

by B. Nathan | August 31, 2018
Some might describe Ludacris’s (2001) song, "Move Bitch" as an anthem of fight, strength, and [...] Read more

Aretha Franklin: Entertainment Genius, Feminist and Social Activist

by Elwood Watson | August 21, 2018
While not overtly political, Aretha Franklin was astute to the power of her platform and used h [...] Read more

Sisters, Other-Mothers and Aunties: The Importance of Informal Mentors for Black Women Graduate Students at Predominantly White Institutions

by Torrie A. Cropps & Levon T. Esters | July 10, 2018
Mentoring is paramount to the success of Black women pursuing graduate degrees. Unfortunately, [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19