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Keith L. Black, MD – Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Keith L. Black, MD serves as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He also holds the title of Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. An internationally renowned neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Black joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in July 1997 and was awarded the Ruth and Lawrence Harvey Chair in Neuroscience in November of that year. Thanks for Leslye Allen, one of our Facebook Fan Page Members, for the feature suggestion.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Billy C. Hawkins: Talladega College
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Billy C. Hawkins became the 20th President of Talladega College beginning January 1, 2008. Previously, he served as the 20th President of Texas College from December 1, 2000 to December 31, 2007.
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Alondra Oubre: Medical Anthropologist
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Alondra Oubre is a medical anthropologist and the author of Instinct and Revelation, as well as published articles such as ” The Adaptionist Yardstick” and “Black English Vernacular and Educability”. Her writings cover scientific topics such as plant drug research; pharmacology; and human biodiversity, including the nature-nurture debate over ethnic differences.
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REPOST: A Bronx Mix: Mixtapes Then and Now (from FreeMixRadio) [Audio]
Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
As part of Black History Month and a larger and on-going study of the history, impact on hip-hop and continued use and function of mixtapes FreeMixRadio shares this mini-documix on the subject.
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Dr. Rick Kittles: Biologist, Specializes in Human Genetics, AfricanAncestry.com
Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Rick Antonius Kittles is an African-American biologist specializing in human genetics. He is the Scientific Director of AfricanAncestry.com, and achieved renown in the 1990s for his pioneering work in tracing the ancestry of African Americans via DNA testing.
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Ntozake Shange: Playwright- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism.
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Sara Dunlap Jackson: One of the 1st Black Archivists at the National Archives
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
While we recognize and remember Carter G. Woodson as the “Father of Afro-American History,” we often do not recognize giants who facilitated the researching of this history: Sara Dunlap Jackson was a giant among us.
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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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Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.: Founding Dean and 1st President of Morehouse School of Medicine
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., is the founding Dean and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). With the exception of his tenure as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1989 to 1993, Dr. Sullivan was President of MSM for more than two decades. On July 1, 2002, he left the presidency, but continues to serve on the MSM Board of Trustees, to teach, and to assist in national fund-raising activities on behalf of the school.
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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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Alain Locke: 1st Black Rhodes Scholar, Author, Full Philosophy Professor @ Howard
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
The preeminent African American intellectual of his generation, Alain Locke was the leading promoter and interpreter of the artistic and cultural contributions of African Americans to American life. More than anyone else, he familiarized white Americans with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, while encouraging African American authors to set high artistic standards in their depiction of life. As a professor of philosophy, he expounded his theory of “cultural pluralism” that valued the uniqueness of different styles and values available within a democratic society.
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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. David Hall: University of the Virgin Islands
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. David Hall began his tenure as the fifth President of the University of the Virgin Islands on August 1, 2009. He has been awarded a Distinguished University Professorship of Spirituality and Professionalism at UVI.
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Carol Parham: 1st African-American and 1st Woman to Serve as Super of Anne Arundel County, MD Public Schools
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Carol S. Parham serves as Associate Chair and Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Before taking the position at the University of Maryland, Dr. Parham served for over eight years as Superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. The first woman to serve in this position and the first African American, she was the chief county school officer for a 75,000 student school system, providing leadership to more than 8,000 employees.
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Anthony Foxx: Charlotte, NC's New Mayor
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.
Anthony Foxx is Mayor (D) of the City of Charlotte, NC. He began his political career in 2005 with his election to City Council as an At-Large representative and served two terms before being elected Mayor in 2009.
