GW History Dept. to Dr. Jessica Krug: Resign

by Jessica Ruf | September 8, 2020 George Washington University’s Department of History has responded to the news that one i Read more

George Floyd’s Death Has Revived Renaming Efforts as Institutions Reckon With Legacies of Racism

| August 23, 2020
Pervasive demands for social justice following the death of George Floyd in police custody have [...] Read more

The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Revisited in ‘The Sword and The Shield’

by Jamal Eric Watson | July 6, 2020
As the nation witnesses around-the-clock Black Lives Matter protests, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph’s [...] Read more

Following Petition, Georgia State Creates Center Dedicated to African Diaspora

by Jessica Ruf | June 26, 2020
Georgia State University — home to the largest student body of any higher ed institution in t [...] Read more

At a Loss for Words After George Floyd: Three Actions in Lieu of Statements

| June 16, 2020
Race is foundational to our nation, its original sin. We live in a racist society, so we all do [...] Read more

The Integrated Liberal Arts Approach: The Curricular Vaccine Higher Education Needs Now More Than Ever

| May 19, 2020
Perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic that we are all battling on a global scale will serve as a great [...] Read more

Two History Professors Chronicle the Lives of the First Black Scholars Hired at PWIs

| February 13, 2020
Dr. David Canton, associate professor of history at Connecticut College, is working on a biogra [...] Read more

Remembering Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, the Man Behind the Harlem Renaissance

| February 10, 2020
Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, a longtime Howard University professor, art critic, Harvard-educated wri [...] Read more

How Dr. Hasan Jeffries is Rethinking the Way We Teach Black History

by Jessica Ruf | February 7, 2020
As a teenager in 1980s Brooklyn, Dr. Hasan Jeffries tried piecing together two different storie [...] Read more

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Que-Lam Huynh

| January 29, 2020
Studying issues of ethnic minority identity and marginalization comes naturally to Dr. Que-Lam [...] Read more

University of Cincinnati to Remove Slave Owner’s Name From its College of Arts and Sciences

by Jessica Ruf | December 17, 2019
The University of Cincinnati (UC) board of trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the school [...] Read more

Diversity, Ukraine, and Impeachment

by Emil Guillermo | November 16, 2019
There’s a diversity angle in the impeachment hearings you may have overlooked.It’s not just [...] Read more

Higher Ed’s Impeachment Role

by Emil Guillermo | November 4, 2019
Make no mistake, Higher Ed must play a role in impeachment. Not as partisans. But as the contex [...] Read more

Our Shared History

by Frank Wu | October 24, 2019
People are ignorant of history, even their own. [...] Read more

William & Mary Granted $1M to Research Slave Legacy

by Sarah Wood | August 5, 2019
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted the College of William & Mary $1 million to res [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

October 22, 1 p.m. Eastern Time

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

October 22, 1 p.m.
Eastern Time

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?