Howard University

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• SOURCE: NPR
  5/10/2021
  

  Howard University's Decision To Cut Classics Department Prompts An Outcry

  Anika Prather of Howard's Classics Department shares her view of the decision to close the department. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/19/2021
  

  Howard University’s Removal of Classics is a Spiritual Catastrophe

  by Cornel West and Jeremy Tate

  Despite some contemporary multicultural critiques, the literary and intellectual traditions of the West can and must be separated from "the crimes of the West." If Frederick Douglass and MLK drew on these traditions in struggles for freedom, then Howard University must continue to teach them. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  10/8/2020
  

  Two Visions of Higher Education Illuminate the Chasm between Harris and Pence

  by Marybeth Gasman and Adam Laats

  The Vice Presidential candidates' university affiliations--Harris's attendance at Howard and membership in a prominent Black sorority, and Pence's political affinity for Liberty University--show that both HBCUs and Evangelical colleges are important and politically significant parts of the American higher education system.

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• SOURCE: Diverse Education
  3/1219
  

  Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham: Shaping a Legacy Through History

  “History, for me, is a way to talk not just about the past, but to use the past for inspiration, for information, for a lot of different things,” says Higginbotham.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/24/19
  

  This Retired Howard Professor Wants "Lift Every Voice and Sing" to Inspire Americans

  Eugene Williams Sr., with support from his wife Mary Johnson, is trying to convince NBA teams and schools nationwide to play “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” at games or events during Black History Month. 

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• 2/16/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Historian Nikki Taylor

  by Erik Moshe

  "We must be able to see and write about the humanity in both our heroes and villains."

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher ED
  3-20-17
  

  White Howard University Professor Holds Mock Slave Auction

  Howard University is investigating an alleged incident in which a white professor asked his class to engage in a mock slave auction.

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• SOURCE: The Hilltop
  10-17-13
  

  Notable South African Historian Speaks to Howard Community

  S. Omar Badsha speaks at the Howard African Studies Department's 60th anniversary about his historical work and the protests that inspired it.