Word: afros
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Harvard's DuBois Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Professor of Afro-American Studies and Philosphy of Religion Cornel West '73, two of the most distinguished black intellectuals in the United States, have recently published a book called The Future of the Race. When two black intellectuals of the caliber and reputation of these two men publish a book and join the race debate, we listen. We expect one of two things: either a scholarly analysis of the debate or initiatives that propose policy changes. Does this book accomplish either...
Participants said they were excited to discuss activism with such a diverse group and to learn from the keynote speakers, Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West '74 and Faith E. Adiele '86, coordinator...
...small. Dozens of mourners congregate here each day, and like children at a wishing well, they cannot resist leaving tokens behind. Nudged into the 8-ft.-high grid are tin medallions of the Virgin Mary, polyester roses, a phone card with a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, an Afro pick, a flowered scarf, a globe key chain, poems and prayers on scraps of paper, crucifixes made from twigs and, in this Easter season, scores of green palm fronds carried straight from the city's churches. One person took off his tennis shoes, scribbled a note on them and tied...
Would you advocate calling the Afro-American Studies department the Colored Studies department? You wouldn't. So why must all my first-year women friends be freshmen? They aren't asking for sex changes in addition to an education. The use of the word freshman harkens back to the days when women were not allowed to enroll at Harvard. Your endorsement of the term is an attempt to keep us in those middle ages, when women students were often not permitted in the classrooms and were mostly ignored by the male faculty. Are women not worthy to be students...
...Tennessee border to the Gulf Coast. These garish palaces employ 27,300 people and last year put $189 million into state and local coffers. "Hey, look, Tom Grey, gaming is working here in Mississippi!" declares host Rip Daniels, welcoming Grey to his talk show on WJZD, Gulfport's Afro-American radio station. Grey cites failed restaurants and increased crime in Gulfport since casinos arrived. "The more gambling, the more the rich get richer," he charges. "Casinos are in the business of separating you from your paycheck...