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Making Some Noise: The Academy's Hip-Hop Generation-- Scholarship on the Genre Moves beyond a Project of Legitimization into a More Self-Critical, Challenging Realm
Hamilton, Kendra – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
A hip-hop archive at Harvard University? Classes at Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, Yale and MIT? Panel discussions on Jay-Z and Nas sandwiched between Milton and the Harlem Renaissance at the Modern Language Association conference? The sea of change under way in the academy started in 1994 with two historians: Dr. Tricia Rose, now of the University…
Descriptors: Scholarship, African Americans, Music, African American Culture
New Black Museum: Kudos and Caution
Malveaux, Julianne – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
As 2003 wound to a close, African Americans had a rare victory to celebrate. President George W. Bush signed the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act. The legislation had bipartisan support in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. At the same time, it makes sense to wonder what took so long, and why such…
Descriptors: United States History, Museums, African American History, African Americans
Telling the Untold Story: Plans for Three New African American Museums Are under Way, Signaling a Growing Interest in Black History, Culture. but Is It Too Much of a Good Thing?
Hamilton, Kendra – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
What do Washington, DC, Fredericksburg, VA, and Charleston, SC, have in common?--Each city will, in the next three to five years, become home to a major African American museum site. This article evaluates the pros and cons of this plan, providing insight from those working most closely on the project. It is divided into the following sections:…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, African American Culture, War, African American History
Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions
Hill, Pamela Safisha Nzingha – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
"The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge," is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done much with little and have…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American History, Black Colleges, College Students
Cultural Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction: Morgan State Researchers Find that Perceptions of Body Image among Young African Americans May Be Life Threatening
Hawkins, B. Denise – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Young African Americans don't appear to perceive obesity in the way the medical community does, putting them at greater risk for developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer, says a first-ever study led by researchers at the Morgan State University Prevention Sciences Research Center. The pilot study, which provides a rare…
Descriptors: Risk, African Americans, African American Culture, Young Adults
The Great Divide: Racial Achievement Gap Gains Recognition as National Concern, but Solution Continues to Elude Educators, Scholars and Policy-Makers
Roach, Ronald – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
Americans know that Black and Latino children, by and large, are not reaching their full potential when it comes to learning and academic performance. But there are exceptions. The question that's being increasingly asked is how and why exceptions can become the norm. In the half century since the Brown v. Board decision, there remains a wide…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement, Racial Differences
Who's Playin' Whom? Overwhelming Influence of Hip-Hop Culture, Rap Music on Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Campuses Concerns Students; Faculty
Stewart, Pearl – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
In December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article in "Black Issues" titled "The Miseducation of Hip-Hop," Midgette didn't hold back: "You see students walking on campus reciting rap lyrics when they should be reciting…
Descriptors: African American Culture, Popular Culture, African American Students, Higher Education