Word: afros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Year's Eve, Brazilians pay homage to Iemanja, the African queen of the sea. Millions of revelers clad entirely in white, a symbol of purity in Afro-Brazilian culture, throng the beaches of Rio de Janeiro to placate Iemanja and court good luck by lighting candles and tossing flowers, cosmetics and other gifts into the ocean for the vain goddess...
Gates, director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, spoke to over 350 Harvard students and members of the general public as the kick-off speaker for a series of lectures sponsored by the Harvard University Program in Ethics and the Professions...
...part of this quest, Gates said, "I had a two-foot Afro. It was the baddest Afro at Yale...
Last May, three professors were awarded University professorships: Baker professor of administration Robert C. Merton, a Nobel laureate; Cornel West '74, professor of the philosophy of religion and professor of Afro-American studies; and Weiner Professor of Social Policy William Julius Wilson...
...fifth largest class was Afro-American Studies 10, "Introduction to Afro-American Studies" taught by Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West '74. West's course drew in 398 students this year...