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...Program, director of research and all around jack-of-all-trades,” Gates said. “Searching for a suitable title to describe what he does for the Institute, I urged the [Faculty of Arts and Sciences] administration to name him Harvard’s chief Negro-ologist, because that’s what he is to me. They refused, but they were wrong. If you don’t believe me, ask Dick a question about black history and you’ll see what I mean...
...also served as chair of the board of the Educational Testing Services, president of the United Negro College Fund, chair of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and a member of the National Commission on Excellence in Education...
...report to President Lyndon B. Johnson titled “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” commonly known as the “Moynihan Report,” Moynihan pointed to the increase in the number of single-parent families as a fundamental reason for poverty and instability in African-American communities...
...skills, who could swallow the racist insults sure to be directed at him by players and fans--someone, Rickey told Robinson at their first meeting, "with guts enough not to fight back." Robinson was the man. The first four-sport star at UCLA, an Army veteran, a budding Negro League phenom, Robinson neither smoke nor drank and possessed a heroic reserve off the field to complement his fiery resolve on it. As he stepped to the plate in a Dodgers' uniform, he was a mature 28 years old that April day. (By contrast, Derek Jeter was playing in his eighth...
...report to President Lyndon B. Johnson titled “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action,” commonly known as the “Moynihan Report,” Moynihan pointed to the increase in the number of single-parent families as a fundamental reason for poverty and instability in African-American communities...