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A Conversation with Dr. Peniel Joseph

December 1, 2016 by efs429

By Edward Shore Dr. Peniel Joseph, an accomplished scholar, teacher, and a leading public voice on race in the United States, holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department at the University of Texas-Austin. This past January, Dr. Joseph inaugurated the Center for the Study of Race […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: African Americans, Black History, Civil Rights, Op-eds, Race, Racial Inequality

The Black Male Education Research Collection

September 7, 2016 by efs429

By Edward Shore African American males contend with a number of institutional barriers to success in school. These challenges include disproportionate dropout rates, high rates of expulsion and suspension, and limited access to special education programs. African American women encounter similar obstacles. Yet a recent Journal of Blacks in Higher Education study revealed a worsening […]

Filed Under: Archive: Featured Projects and New & Noteworthy, Featured Tagged With: African American students, Education, Racial Inequality

East Avenue

August 12, 2016 by efs429

Before Interstate Highway 35 divided Austin, East Avenue was the line that separated white and non-white Austin. Whites lived west of the East Avenue and African Americans and Mexican Americans occupied the area to the east. But before that, before the 1930s, black Austinites resided in enclaves throughout the city, says Eric Tang, Associate Professor of […]

Filed Under: Archive: Featured Projects and New & Noteworthy, Featured Tagged With: African Americans, Eastin Austin, Housing, Race, Racial Inequality, Segregation, Texas

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