W. E. B. Du Bois and the Representation of Black Higher Education
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. In a previous post for Black Perspectives, I wrote
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Higher Education
The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
One of the most painful and haunting images that I recall from Stanley Nelson’s documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising:
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Black Women’s Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity
Last month, students at Spelman and Morehouse Colleges ended their two-week hunger strike designed to raise awareness about food insecurity
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Black Radicalism and the “Tuition-Free” University
During the presidential primaries of 2016, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders promoted a policy that, for many, was a radical idea.
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Transformative Anti-Racist Politics at the University of Michigan
What happens when college and university administrators are unable to prevent white supremacists from spreading racist propaganda on their campuses?
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