Simmons, Ruth, 1945–, American educator and college president, b. Grapeland, Tex., grad. Dillard Univ. (B.A., 1967) and Harvard (A.M., 1970; Ph.D., 1973). As a scholar she was primarily concerned with the francophone literature of Africa and the Ca ...
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As a prominent civil rights attorney, Motley won nine of the ten cases she argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the 1962 case in which James Meredith won admission to the University of Mississippi. In 1966 she became the first black woman ...
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Bunche, Ralph Johnson , 1904–71, U.S. government official and UN diplomat, b. Detroit, Ph.D., Harvard, 1934. He taught political science at Howard Univ. (1928–40). In government service after 1941, he worked under the joint chiefs of staff and wa ...
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1924–85, U.S. government official, b. Mattoon, Ill. A lawyer who was active in the Democratic party, she was a law professor and dean at Howard Univ. during the 1960s and became the first African-American woman to hold a U.S. ambassadorship when ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2006 at 8:58AM
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HBCUConnect.com needs your voice again!! We have received an enormous amount of feedback for our “HBCU Passion for Fashion” project. We want to keep the flame alive by exploring other topics/issues relevant to the HBCU lifestyle and achievement.
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Posted Friday, February 3rd 2006 at 5:38PM
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Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill , 1924–2005, U.S. congresswoman (1969–83), b. Brooklyn, N.Y. An expert on early childhood education, she worked (1959–64) as a consultant to the New York City bureau of child welfare before serving (1964–68) i ...
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