The Black Scholars Index

[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Hazo W. Carter Jr: West Virginia State University

Posted on09. Mar, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr. is the 9th President of West Virginia State College and became it’s first President when it became West Virginia State University. He has years of service to this HBCU and has a great academic track record like is father Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Sr.

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Dr. Wendy Carter: UMD’s PROMISE Program Coordinator & Entrepreneur

Posted on08. Mar, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Wendy Carter has earned 5 degrees. She is a true testament that mountains can be moved. Check out the story of how she beat seemingly insurmountable odds. Today, we celebrate her accomplishments!

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Correction! Philip Emeagwali: Inventor of the World’s Fastest Computer => MYTH

Posted on26. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Unfortunately, with additional research, we have found that the claims of this article are a MYTH. Please read the article to get more information on both sides of this myth. Philip Emeagwali claimes to have invented the world’s fastest computer, which performs computations at 3.1 billion calculations per second.

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William R. Moss III: Expert in Internet Marketing and Online Diversity Recruitment

Posted on25. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

In 1999, Will Moss founded HBCUconnect.com – one of the first social network for African Americans. To date, it’s the largest online destination for Black college students and alumni with a reach of approximately 1.2 million visitors each month. He also created connectplatform.com, a service to help others create their own revenue generating social networks.

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Omar Wasow: co-founder of BlackPlanet.com

Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Omar Wasow, 39, is a Ph.D. candidate in African American studies and Government at Harvard. In addition to his graduate work, Omar is the co-founder of BlackPlanet.com (now owned by Radio-One) and an on-air technology analyst.

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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. George C. Bradley: Paine College

Posted on23. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

In October 2007, Dr. George C. Bradley was named the 14th President of Paine College in Augusta, Ga. Prior to being named president by the Paine College Board of Trustees, Dr. Bradley served as executive vice president of Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC.

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Dr. Joy DeGruy: Researcher, Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator

Posted on22. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Joy DeGruy is a nationally and internationally renowned researcher, educator, author and presenter. Dr. Joy, as most know her, is a tell-it-like-it-is ambassador for healing and a voice for those who’ve struggled in search of the past, and continue to struggle through the present.

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IN MEMORIAM: Our Thoughts and Prayers for the Families, Friends, of the 3 Victims of the Horrible Univ of Alabama Shooting – 2 of the 3 were African American

Posted on19. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Our thoughts are with the families, colleagues, and friends of the three victims of the horrific shootings that took place last Friday on the campus of the University of Alabama at Huntsville.

We note that two of the three professors shot and killed at a meeting of the biology department faculty were African Americans – Dr. Maria Ragland Davis & Dr. Adriel D. Johnson

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Dr. Frances Cress Welsing: Author of The Isis Paper

Posted on18. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing is the author of The Isis Papers and creator of the Cress-Welsing theory analyzing the nature of white supremacy. She is a psychiatrist in Washington, DC.

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Ivan Van Sertima: Historian, Linguist, Anthropologist, and Author

Posted on15. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (26 January 1935 – 25 May 2009) was a historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University in the United States. He was noted for his Afrocentric theory of pre-Columbian contact between Africa and the Americas. His work was severely criticized.

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