September 2020

by Douglas M. Haynes The current reckoning about anti-Blackness in the United States is exposing the limits of solidarity. Millions of White and non-white people have marched and expressed support for Black Lives by saying the names of men and women brutally killed or shot in police custody. This powerful act of solidarity humanizes these

September 30, 2020 | : Harvard Business School (HBS) announced Tuesday that it will rename a building on its campus in honor of Dr. James I. Cash, a retired faculty member known for his leadership and for breaking barriers for Black people. The announcement came at a virtual town hall with faculty, staff and students.

NBA star Chris Paul has enrolled at Winston-Salem State University, a North Carolina historically Black college, where he will take a class and encourage students to get to the polls, the NBA reported. Chris Paul Paul’s parents also attended Winston-Salem State. “We are providing transportation to HBCU students to get the polls so we are

September 30, 2020 | : Delaware State University is refuting the reporting by some media outlets that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden lied about attending the school, Delaware’s only historically Black university, Delaware Online reported. Vice President Joe Biden Outlets such as Fox News, The Washington Times and The Blaze reported that Biden lied and

University of Florida’s Board of Trustees unanimously passed an amendment  on Tuesday to implement furloughs, leaving some faculty and staff feeling targeted while administrators’ pay remain untouched, The Alligator reported. The regulation makes the school able to institute furloughs, but administrators said there are no immediate plans to furlough anyone. During the meeting, faculty and

September 29, 2020 | : Vanderbilt University has scored a major coup in luring Dr. Michael Eric Dyson—one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—from Georgetown University. Dyson will hold the Centennial Chair and serve as University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies in the College of Arts and Science and University Distinguished

September 29, 2020 | : As Judge Amy Coney Barrett makes the rounds on Capitol Hill this week in preparation for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month, some legal scholars are concerned about what her appointment to the high court might mean for the future of civil rights and affirmative action.