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 Two score and ten years ago, a prophet named Dr. Martin Luther King stood before thousands of people—poor people, rich people, Black people, White people, people of different cultures, gay people, straight people, but mostly hopeful people—He stood before all of them at the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital. This prophet, this “drum major for peace,” this “drum major for justice”, this “drum major for righteousness” as he sometimes referred to himself. He presented A... Continue reading ...
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  Dr. Irma McClaurin by fellmanstudio.com Dr. Kesho Scott (Grinnell College) by De Dudley The recent racist incident at Washburn High School of Minneapolis, in which a black doll was hung (lynched), is disturbing. We are living in the 21st century. And yet, not too long ago in 2003 Duluth, MN built a memorial to commemorate the unlawful and unjustified lynching of three young Black men in 1920. Despite this example of racial reconciliation, in 2008 an effigy of Presidential candidate Barrack... Continue reading ...
 Pictured: Malik of African & Caribbean Culture Centre, McClaurin, Centre visitor Sweet Dreams are made of thisWho am I to disagree?I travel the world and the seven seas.Everybody's lookin' for somethin'.Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams are Made of ThisPeople often ask me why I travel. And
it's only after I return home that I can truthfully answer that
question. Perhaps, like the Eurythmics' lyrics suggest, I am looking for
something. And that is true, then what?
Travel, for me, is an adventure. It... Continue reading ...
 Science
permeates our lives. Yet for most of us, it is still something “out
there.” The opening of a new 80,000 square feet addition to the North
Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh changes the game and
takes museums and science to a new level. It is the size of the Science
Museum of Minnesota’s entire exhibition space (70,000 sf) and temporary
exhibition space (10,000 sf) combined. This newly opened Nature
Resource Center (NRC) situates Raleigh, a bio-tech and te... Continue reading ...
For
the last few months, we have been inundated by scandals at universities
that range
from allegations of child abuse and molestation to deadly
hazing rituals. In each case,
the president of the institution has come
under tremendous criticism and fire for failing
to act, even when it’s
not clear that they were aware of the incidents. In two instances,
the
president has been terminated (Penn State) or asked to resign or “step
aside” (FAMU).
And while it is true that the buck litera... Continue reading ...
Drs. Marilyn Thomas-Houston, Irma McClaurin, Sybil Rosado, Faye V. Harrison
The
recent 96th Annual Meeting of ASALH (the Association for the Study of
African American Life and History) held October 6-10, 2011 in Richmond,
VA provided a rich opportunity to reflect on the status and history of
Black people in America, and in the world. It also spoke to my idea of
“legacymaking”—something in which I have a strong interest, as its
ongoing presence reflects the vision and intellectual... Continue reading ...
Shaw University introduces Irma McClaurin as the new president.
She will be the first female president at the historically black college in Raleigh.
Before accepting the position at Shaw, McClaurin was associate vice
president for system academic administration at the University of
Minnesota, and executive director of the Urban Research and
Outreach/Engagement Center in Minneapolis.
McClaurin was introduced during a grand ceremony on Shaw's campus that included singers, dancers and even a ... Continue reading ...
 Suicides, divorce, anxiety attacks, depression, and displacement of
children from homes and schools are not what we associate with the
mortgage foreclosure crisis. But we should. Instead of following the
money, we should pay attention to the human side of the crisis. In
this third year of the mortgage tsunami, while we debate about who
profited and which federal agencies should have better monitoring, we
ignore how people now choose between buying medicine for chronic
illnesses and ... Continue reading ...
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