Archive: January 13, 2008 - January 19, 2008
More African American Scientists
By Faith Ajayi Since the founding of this country, African Americans have made important contributions to science and technology. Beginning in the 1800s and to the present, African Americans have received Ph.D.s in science. Moreover, African American chemists, biologists, inventors, engineers, and mathematicians have contributed tremendously to the history of...
By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:13 AM ET | Comments (4)
Younger Generation Takes Education for Granted
By Ashley McBride Fifty years ago, nine African American high school students were escorted by the National Guard into the all-white Little Rock Central High School. These students became known as the Little Rock 9. Three years prior to this event, Brown v. Board of Education ruled that there would...
By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
Complacence, Not "The Man"
By Adam Williams African American. Many things come to mind when we think of these two eternally conjoined words. Our history is riddled with rises and falls, tragedies and triumphs, disaster and relief. It is also so full of doubt, fear, disloyalty, slander, uncertainty and betrayal. Our very history...
By Anna Kinsman | January 17, 2008; 11:01 AM ET | Comments (0)
