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[HBCU Presidents] Horace Mann Bond: 1st Black President of Fort Valley State College & Lincoln University
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
One of the most respected and influential black educators and intellectuals of the mid-20th century, Horace Mann Bond was at the forefront of black education and civil rights throughout his career – as teacher and key administrator at Fisk University, Dillard University, Fort Valley State College (president, 1939 – 1945), Lincoln University (president, 1945 – 1957), and Atlanta University, where he was dean of the School of Education, 1957 – 1966. Much of Bond’s research emphasized the social, economic, and geographic factors influencing academic achievement. pioneered many projects, including his critiques of intelligence and aptitude testing, his research on black doctorates, and his field work for the Julius Rosenwald Fund.
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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Imagine a world in which people like you have no written history, or that which has been written is incomplete or distorted. Before Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) began his work, there was very little information, and much of that stereotypical misinformation, about the lives and history of Americans of African descent.
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Barbara Jordan: 1st Black Woman from a Southern State to Serve in the House of Representatives
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
In 1972, Barbara Jordan was elected to serve in the Ninety-third Congress, becoming the first African American woman elected to Congress from Texas and the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the South. In 1976, Jordan was the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention at which she nominated President Jimmy Carter. She became the first African American to give a keynote speech at a major party’s political convention.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Jr. – Morehouse College
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Robert Michael Franklin ’75 is the tenth president of Morehouse College, the nation’s largest private, four-year liberal arts college for men.
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[HBCU Presidents] Donald Reaves: Chancellor of Winston-Salem State Univ.
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Donald Julian Reaves was elected Chancellor at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), in February 2007, by the Board of Governors of the 16-campus University of North Carolina System, and assumed his duties as Chancellor on August 16, 2007.
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Valerie Jarrett: Senior Advisor to President Obama
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Valerie Bowman Jarrett (born November 14, 1956) is a lawyer and is senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama administration. She is also a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. Prior to that she served as a co-chairperson of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.
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Dr. Robert Bell, Team Win Netflix $1Million Challenge
Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Robert Bell is an African-American statistician – a demographic that has low statistical numbers in and of itself. How many African-American statisticians do you know? Probably not many. And how many do you know have won $1 million challenges? Well, we know of at least one!
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Dr. Nichole Pinkard: Senior Research Associate @ University of Chicago
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Nichole Pinkard is a researcher in digital media and is a senior research assistant at the University of Chicago. She has won several awards (NSF, AERA, to name a few), sits on the advisory boards of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the Robert Wood Foundations Health Game Research Program, and is a program founder of the Digital Youth Network.
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Dr. Kimberley Gomez: Learning Sciences Researcher & Professor @ Pitt
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Kimberley Gomez joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in the School of Education’s Department of Instruction and Learning and Learning Policy Center and as a research scientist in LRDC. She is a learning-sciences researcher whose work focuses on helping children of color experience more equitable opportunities to learn in underserved middle and [...]
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Dr. Carol D. Lee: Professor @ Northwestern
Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Carol D. Lee is a professor of African-American Studies and Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. She has developed a theory of cultural modeling that provides a framework for the design and enactment of curriculum that draws on forms of prior knowledge that traditionally underserved students bring to classrooms.
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[ HBCU_Presidents ] Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: Howard's 1st Black President
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Mordecai was appointed the thirteenth and first African-American president of Howard University in 1926. On June 10, 1927, Dr. Johnson delivered his Inauguaral Address as President of Howard University. He held that position for thirty-four years.
