Posted on 14 November 2011.
****LEGAL FUTURES 2011 - BURSARIES AVAILABLE!!!***** The LEGAL FUTURES 2011, the national law careers conference for ethnic minority students, will take place on Saturday 19 November at City University. Confirmed speakers include: Joshua Rozenberg Journalist, Broadcaster & Legal Commentator Urvasi Naidoo Solicitor and Chief Executive, International Federation of Netball Associations Tim Ward QC Barrister, Monckton Chambers Michelle Egbosimba Solicitor, Ashurst LLP Debra ...
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Posted on 30 March 2009.
Two months into the administration of the first African-American president, Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press takes a look today at some of the "old racial stereotypes and Internet-fueled falsehoods'' about President Barack Obama that have "flourished.'' There was that New York Post cartoon portraying the president as a monkey, that California mayor resigning after circulating ...
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Posted on 29 March 2009.
Oklahoma and the country have lost a great man.John Hope Franklin, revered historian and tireless advocate for equality, died this morning of congestive heart failure. He was 94. FOX 23's Douglas Clark has more on Franklin's extraordinary life. Friends describe him as someone ...
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Posted on 25 March 2009.
Blogger John Ridley points out that whilst the President of the worldsmost powerful country enjoys cosy nights on comfy chatshows, and other African American high flyers like Eric Holder, Michael Steele and Richard Parsons are making headlines the situation is considerably worse for the average African American male. My response to this is, "Yeah, tell us something ...
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Posted on 20 March 2009.
MANAGUA, Mar 20 (IPS) - The first criminal prosecution for racial discrimination in Nicaragua, in response to a complaint brought by a woman lawmaker in the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), has focused attention on the segregationist treatment of indigenous and Afro-Caribbean women in the Caribbean coastal regions. Indigenous and black women make up 52 percent of ...
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Posted on 18 March 2009.
Roadtown, Tortola - Government is inviting Virgin Islanders to apply for a scholarship to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Ecology and Conservation. The scholarship for study at the Schools of Biological Sciences and Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading is being offered by the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA). It is part ...
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Posted on 10 March 2009.
What does medicine owe to Africa? By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News The contribution of European culture to medicine has long been recognised. The Greeks are thought by many to be forerunners of modern medicine - they studied the progression of disease, they knew something of the inner workings of the body, and their language gave medicine many ...
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Posted on 10 March 2009.
DR. ALEXA I. CANADY (1950-) is the first black female neurosurgeon. Canady was born November 7, 1950, to Clinton and Elizabeth Canady. Her father was a dentist, and her mother served as president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, in addition to other civic affairs. The family lived just outside Lansing, Michigan. Canady and her brother were ...
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Posted on 02 March 2009.
* Staying Power-The History of Black people in Britain by Peter Fryer (Pluto Press 1984) * Black England-Life before Emancipation by Gretchen Gerzina (John Murray,1995) * Black Settlers in Britain 1555-1958 by Nigel File and chris Power (Heinemann,1981; reprinted 1995) * Black Edwardians-Black people in Britain 1901-1914 by Jeffrey Green (Frank Cass 1998) * Wonderful adventures of Mary Seacole ...
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Posted on 01 March 2009.
Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
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Posted on 28 February 2009.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama. After more than two years of courtship, Paul R. Jones donated his vast collection of African-American art to the University of Alabama…
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