By Danielle Miller Reggie Jackson from the Dr. James Cameron Legacy Foundation, Inc. and Rid Racism Board member gave a presentation of the systematic segregation from Milwaukee’s history and … [Read more...]
Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?
(The Atlantic) – Like many mothers raising children in Chicago’s housing projects in the 1990s and 2000s, Seitia Harris was afraid of the drugs and violence that were pervasive in the neighborhood … [Read more...]
Mandela offers U.S. hope
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Dignitaries and presidents, media stars, and celebrities from around the world converged on South Africa to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela, the warrior for … [Read more...]
Arnold Mitchem reflects on the Little Rock Nine, and questions Obama administration’s education plans
By Lynda L. Jones, Editor Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem, president of the Council for Opportunity in Education in Washington, D.C. and founder of Marquette University’s Educational Opportunity Program … [Read more...]
Little Rock Nine to receive Marquette University’s highest honor
Marquette University will confer the Père Marquette Discovery Award, the university’s highest honor, on the Little Rock Nine in a special ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre, … [Read more...]