Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
December 5th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The University of Cincinnati is pumping more money into efforts to increase diversity, as some black students raise concerns about race relations on the urban main campus.
UC this week announced $440,000 in new annual investments to promote and support diversity in the student population. That money will go to scholarships for women and students of color.
"This is an important investment in...
November 21st, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
With the Affordable Care Act so much in the news lately, it seems like an appropriate time to discuss the first physician to successfully perform surgery on the human heart, an African-American doctor named Daniel Hale Williams.
Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. His father was a barber who died when Daniel was just nine years old. Daniel bounced around...
November 14th, 2013
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Who is Dred Scott and why is he so important in American history? Why does his name still mean something 150 years after his death?
Most people, even those with just a nodding acquaintance with American history, have heard the name of the African-American slave called Dred Scott. They know he had something to do with the Civil War. But there the familiarity stops.
Simply put, Dred Scott...
November 8th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
A new Sentencing Project study concludes one in every three black males born today can expect to be imprisoned at some point in their life, compared to just one in every 17 white males.
Sentencing Project officials recently submitted their report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee in advance of the U.N.'s review of American compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
November 6th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The death of Atlanta Teen, Kendrick Johnson, is now being investigated since the emergence of video footage clearly showing other students where in the gym at the time of his death. Georgia officials had previously ruled an Atlanta High School teen took his own life in a hidden and desolate part of the room by suffocating himself in a rolled up mattress.
The body of Kendrick Johnson was found...
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