Morris Brown s reaccreditation could signal more longevity among HBCUs
Updated 5:22 AM ET, Sun April 18, 2021
Gaines Hall is boarded up and deserted at Morris Brown College, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Atlanta. (CNN)It is no secret that at some point, something went very wrong at Morris Brown College. It was a disappointing, though not unfamiliar story. A school with a dedicated faculty and loyal students had run into financial challenges that eventually made it impossible to operate.
On April 13, the historically Black college in Atlanta became an official candidate to regain accreditation, an accomplishment 20 years in the making. The school s accreditation was revoked in 2002 due to debt and financial mismanagement.
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Rebecca Ford
Producers on Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah and Sound of Metal open up about how they did endless research, brought on experts and often went straight to the people who had lived those lives.
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From left: Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound of Metal and Nomadland
Several of the producers on best picture nominees this year were challenged to make films that portray a community and capturing those communities authentically was imperative to telling these stories in the right way. To succeed, they did endless research, brought on experts and often went straight to the people who had lived those lives.
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Phules, Ambedkar and Du Bois: For a just world without caste or race
Manipulation of truth continues to incite division, violence, and oppression. As ever, the voices of Phule, Du Bois and Ambedkar ring true. Their intellectual arguments, political positioning, activism, bold and uncompromising stand on securing human rights for all people remain relevant for the transformation of societies everywhere, writes P. Dayanandan
Casteism in India and racism in the USA are a disgrace to human dignity and impediment to progress. Both are products of twisted minds justifying every form of oppression and violence to seek and sustain power and wealth. Great men and women of vision and compassion fought against such prejudice, empowered the weak, and showed humanity a path of hope. Two such anti-caste icons of India, Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar, appreciated the struggles of antiracism leaders of America. Ambedkar corresponded with W.E.B. Du Bois. How their attitudes and work r
Mary Ellen Pleasant was a 19th century capitalist, Black freedom fighter, and philanthropist. Her eventual wealth and high social status, as well as her penchant for shattering racial taboos, offers an interesting contrast to the prevailing narrative of what that era was like for Black women.
Pleasant’s early life is a matter of some debate. One account has her born into slavery to a Black or mixed‐race mother and a white plantation owner in Georgia. Another suggests that she was the daughter of a wealthy Virginia planter who had an affair with a Caribbean voodoo priestess. Learn More