Word: afros
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DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of the Afro-American Studies Department, serves as co-chair of the foundation's program committee
...Supreme Court lowered -- a bit -- the barrier between religion and public schools. A unanimous court, with White writing, said schools that permit outside organizations to meet on their property after class hours must extend the same right to religious groups. In a case involving the Afro-Cuban religion called Santeria, they also ruled that religious groups have a constitutional right to sacrifice animals in worship services. The Justices also unanimously backed the right of states to impose harsher sentences on assailants who commit hate crimes in which they choose their victims based on race, religion or other biases. "A physical...
...were able to point out some needs of the professors and departments [in Afro-American studies]," says Morgan. "It may not be a quick fix, but over time the concerns people may have with the department are looked at more quickly. Nothing moves quickly at the University...
Bloodworth, who is president of the Afro-Latino Exonian Society at Exeter, says many Blacks do not apply to Harvard because of its "image problem." Bloodworth says only one Black student at Exeter has expressed interest so far in applying for admission next year...
Equating the loss of financial aid to ROTC students with the military's ban on gays "lacks a sense of moral proportion that strikes me as disgraceful," said Professor of Afro-American Studies K. Anthony Appiah...