West Virginia State University
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2005
By: West Virginia State Univ.
The Second Morrill Act of 1890 was intended to make available to black citizens, training in agriculture and mechanical arts. Like other states that main ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 6:46PM
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The Black Better Business Bureau invites business owners or their representatives to attend a presentation in conjunction with the official launch of the Black Consumer Business Bureau on:
August 30, 2005
Place: Hilton Oak Lawn
Executive Board R ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 12:06PM
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BBB SAYS NO TO BLACK BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU NAME
The name is changed but the mission is the same; New launch date set.
Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) - The Black Better Business Bureau (blackbbb) has changed it's name to
BBB SAYS NO TO BLACK B ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 12:04PM
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Suspected Malaria Claims Life of Black Traveler
By Markette Smith, BET.com Staff Writer
Posted Aug. 8, 2005 -- The tragic death of a young journalist on Sunday highlights the importance of getting the proper vaccines and taking serious precaution ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 11:00AM
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Commentary: No, ‘Hustle & Flow’ Isn’t for Kids, but They Can Certainly Learn from It
Date: Tuesday, August 02, 2005
By: Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The other night, I went to see the much-acclaimed indie film “Hustle & Flow ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 10:52AM
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Commentary: Exotic Names Might Sound Special, but They May Hinder the Children Who Have Them
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
By: Tonyaa Weathersbee, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Sadly enough, too many of our black children spend their school years struggli ...
Posted Monday, August 15th 2005 at 10:41AM
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Andrew B. Williams, Ph.D.
Computer and Information Sciences
This summer, Dr. Andrew Williams, will travel with his RoboCup robot soccer team, the SpelBots, to Osaka, Japan to compete in the International RoboCup 2005. Dr. Williams recently joined ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2005 at 2:54PM
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The Paul R. Jones Collection Returns to Atlanta
for a Limited Time
Atlanta (Aug. 11, 2005) The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art presents A Century of African American Art: Selections From The Paul R. Jones Collection, an exhibition organized an ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2005 at 2:10PM
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Spelman Moves to the Top 75, U.S. News & World Report 2005 editionProfile: Private, independent, liberal arts, historically Black college for women, founded in 1881.
Goal: Spelman ALIVE is an initiative that promotes: Academic Excellence, Leadersh ...
Posted Sunday, August 14th 2005 at 1:57PM
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It is my hope that as you read this you will be encouraged to face each day with a joyful spirit.
***Don't spend major time with minor people.***
If there are people in your life who continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your d ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2005 at 4:51PM
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JOHN H. JOHNSON: 1918 - 2005
REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF A GREAT AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN __________________________________________________________
Johnson Publishing Company: an empire built on valuing Black consumers
By Ken Smikle
(August 9, 2005) ...
Posted Wednesday, August 10th 2005 at 12:45PM
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John H. Johnson, a Pioneer in Black Magazine Publishing, Dead at 87
Date: Monday, August 08, 2005
By: Michael Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com, and Associated Press
John H. Johnson, the visionary entrepreneur who borrowed $500 in 1942 to build the ...
Posted Tuesday, August 9th 2005 at 12:00PM
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This is so funny that it will boggle your mind. And
you will keep trying at least 50 more times to see if
you can outsmart your foot, but you can't.
1. While sitting lift your right foot
off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2005 at 12:47PM
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UNDER a brooding sky, the motor of the single-engine airplane roared as the small craft gathered speed and lifted off the runway. It had been a media event, with news coverage, cameras pointing, and reporters asking admiring questions and gushing wit ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2005 at 12:28PM
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Many of you can't wait to leave home for college. It's your chance to be on your own...away from the 'prying eyes' of your parents.
Some of you are already planning how you are going to PARR-TAY. A few of you will engage in what is called 'binge d ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2005 at 12:01PM
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Many of you can't wait to leave home for college. It's your chance to be on your own...away from the 'prying eyes' of your parents.
Some of you are already planning how you are going to PARR-TAY. A few of you will engage in what is called 'binge d ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2005 at 11:57AM
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BY MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: July 31, 2005
Correction Appended
FARMVILLE, Va. - Warren Brown was about to enter first grade in 1959 when officials chained up the public schools in Prince Edward County rather than allow black children to sit ...
Posted Saturday, August 6th 2005 at 9:48PM
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These are the 2005-2006 officers of "Creative Juices" writing club! If for some reason an officer is unable to fulfull his position an alternate will be selected. Congratulations to all of you!
Tiffany Dansby - President ...
Posted Thursday, August 4th 2005 at 11:05AM
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Office of the President
Inaugural Speech Excerpts
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum was officially installed as the ninth President of Spelman College on Saturday, March 22, 2003. The theme of the inauguration was In Search of Social Justice: Liberal Arts ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2005 at 12:44PM
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Selected Ann Arbor and Detroit Community Reads, 2004
"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
And Other Conversations About Race
By Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
Featuring a new epilogue by the author
and a group discu ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2005 at 12:36PM
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2004-2005 Gateway Graduates:
Peggy McLendon, Stacie Walker, Maxine Thompson
and Geraldine "Niyonu" Long.
Not pictured: Janice Bediako and Jessica Scott-Felder
The Spelman College Gateway Program is for mature students, typically at least 25 y ...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd 2005 at 12:27PM
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Pregnant Black Woman Missing; Where’s the Laci Peterson-Like Coverage?
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2005
By: Monica Lewis, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Latoyia Figueroa is far from a blond, blue-eyed belle of the Bible Belt south. Nor is she a petite house ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 at 11:45PM
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Bow Wow wants to skip college
Date: Friday, July 29, 2005
By: EURweb.com
With his new album “Wanted” currently sitting at No. 5 on The Billboard 200, his new joint "Like You" featuring girlfriend Ciara at No. 63 on the Hot 100 (the best ch ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 at 11:18PM
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Keeping Our Word, Part Two: Ebony Magazine Fetes 60 Years of Success
Date: Monday, August 01, 2005
By: Michael H. Cottman
“Ebony Magazine Fetes 60 Years of Success” is the second of BlackAmericaWeb’s four-part Keeping Our Word series. Co ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 at 10:55PM
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Keeping Our Word, Part One: Blacks in Nation’s Newsrooms Still Scarce
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2005
By: Michael H. Cottman
More than 3,000 black journalists will convene in Atlanta this week at a time when more black senior editors are emergin ...
Posted Tuesday, August 2nd 2005 at 10:47PM
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