Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are consequences of the low numbers of Black doctors. A massive gift to Black medical colleges may help build those numbers.
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Increased mistrust of the US medical profession and higher mortality rates are two consequences of the lack of Black doctors.
A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s home in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.
While it’s widely believed that Howard University came to be known as “The Mecca” in the 1960s, new evidence shows the nickname is more than half a century older than that.
While Sanders deftly played the game of Black respectability politics during his short tenure, Jackson State had motives of its own when it hired the former NFL star.
Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
Long considered an arbiter of American fashion, Ralph Lauren has unveiled a clothing line targeting students at Black colleges.
College presidents worked both at the forefront and behind the scenes in fighting for African Americans’ civil rights in the 1960s.
Three scholars examine President Biden’s rhetoric, the symbolism and the several ambitious plans he proposed in his first address to Congress.
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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Black Studies in Communication, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education, University of Iowa
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