CLEVELAND, Miss. (AP) — This small Mississippi Delta town serves as a reminder that fierce debates over the integration of black and white students are not a thing of the past. Two rival high schools in Cleveland, one historically black and the other historically white, had to be merged just two years ago after a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Military historian and educator John H. Morrow Jr. has received a $100,000 prize from a leading military museum. Morrow was given the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for lifetime achievement, an honor previously bestowed to Rick Atkinson and James M. McPherson among others. In a statement released Tuesday through […]
The University of Georgia’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has been suspended after video featuring members whipping someone while referring to cotton picking drew an online backlash. ABC News reports, the national chapter suspended the UGA chapter and expelled four members who were featured in the video. “Since 1899, our fraternity has taken much pride in […]
A University of Georgia graduate student is receiving criticism after writing racially charged statements on Facebook. Irami Osei-Frampong is a philosophy graduate student employed by the university as a teacher’s assistant. He speaks frequently about race and equality, but some believe he crossed the line when he made a post online that stated, “Some white people […]
Fear of the Ebola virus has spread to the halls of higher education, spurring decisions to shun Africans in the name of safety. According to reports,…
Fear of the Ebola virus has spread to the halls of higher education, spurring decisions to shun Africans in the name of safety. According to reports,…
