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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

During early America, land grant universities were established to provide education for disadvantaged, underprivileged or marginalized populations, including Black Americans. Justice Department and NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist, supervising over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

During early America, land grant universities were established to provide education for disadvantaged, underprivileged or marginalized populations, including Black Americans. Justice Department and NAACP Legal Defense Fund as a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist, supervising over 300 school desegregation cases in Mississippi.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Established in 2019, the initiative works to overcome barriers and help participants achieve educational and economic success. Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” .