Queen Latifah Among Honorees to Receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medal

by Sarah Wood | October 15, 2019 Rapper and actress Queen Latifah will be honored with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on Oct. 22 for h Read more

The True Spirit of Black History Month

by Tanya Leake | February 28, 2019
From 1st through 5th grade, I attended St. Mark’s Roman Catholic School in Harlem, New York. [...] Read more

She’s Not Just Digging for Digging’s Sake

by Pearl Stewart | February 14, 2019
The “idea of materiality” intrigues Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste as do current issues of rac [...] Read more

Harvard History Professor Makes History

by Tiffany Pennamon | September 10, 2018
Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham’s appointment as the first African-American chair of the Depar [...] Read more

Conference Explores Role of Muslim Americans in Solving Social Problems

by Pearl Stewart |
Scholars, community organizers and Islamic leaders convened here over the weekend for a nationa [...] Read more

Tuskegee University President Takes Progressive Path

by Jamal Eric Watson | March 3, 2015
What in the world is a W.E.B. Du Bois scholar doing sitting atop the university that Booker T. [...] Read more

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