Black studies programs carve a place in American higher education
A decade after their rise as a campus issue, black studies have grown into serious academic endeavors with a professional society journals and master and soon doctoral programs. Yet enrollments shrink and power centers resist change, while scholars note a long tradition predating the modern surge sparked by Dr. King’s assassination.
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New York
Bertha Maxwell
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
N.C
National Council For Black Studies
Leonard Jeffries Jr
City College
W.E.B. DuBois
Carter G. Woodson
Association For the Study of
Martin Luther King Jr
University of California At Los Angeles
Henry Tanner
Adrienne Hoard
Ohio State University
University of Chicago
Barnard
Columbia
Kent State University
Ohio
Institute For African American Affairs
Cornell University
Amherst College
Amherst
Nick Erwin Ford
Joseph Russell
Indiana University
University of California At Berkeley
College of Letters and Sciences
Henry Jackson
Harvard
Boston
Atlanta
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Howard University
Washington
D.C
University of North Carolina
Journal of Black Studies
State University Center At Buffalo
Africa
Robert L. Stratford
University of Arizona
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Pope John Neumann Sainted in Rome by Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI declared Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann of Philadelphia a saint at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The 1860 death at age 48 makes him the first male U.S. saint as about 15,000 Americans traveled to Rome for the outdoor ceremony. Neumann was born in Bohemia and arrived in the United States at 25, devoted to the sick, promoted Catholic schools, and served as Philadelphia’s bishop for eight years.
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Paul VI
John Nepomucene Neumann
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Neumann
United States
Bohemia
Bray Oklahoma grows by annexing land and people
Bray Oklahoma with six downtown buildings two churches and a 650 population voted 79 to 8 to incorporate 66 square miles of surrounding lands. The new city has no police fire water or municipal services and residents fret over governance amid forests and oil rigs in southwestern Oklahoma. Father gets gift INDIANAPOLIS AP No one can
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Bray, Okla
San Francisco
Boston
Bray
Oklahoma
Father’s Day birth and a surprise NBC payment
In Orange New Jersey Susan Blackwell’s family welcomes son James Dennis at St. Vincent Hospital weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Separately Assemblyman Richard Codey reports receiving an NBC payment of 10732.80 dollars for expenses after a misdated trip.
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Dennis
James Dennis
St. Vincent Hospital
Blackwell
Mrs. Blackwell
Lori Ann
Orange
N.J
New Jersey
Richard Codey
Young's tongue tamed by Carter aides after Africa trip
Andy Young faces pressure to curb blunt remarks after a string of controversial quotes. He drew criticism in Britain for labeling Swedes and Russians racist and sparked further debate by calling former and current U.S. presidents racists. A Carter aide says he will be more cautious, while Young emphasizes ethnocentricity rather than personal attacks.
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Richard E. Meyer
Washington
Andy Young
Jimmy Carter
Carter
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Young
Andrew Young
Africa
London
Britain
Sweden
Queens
New York
Playboy Magazine
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
House International Affairs Committee
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Soviet Union
Lincoln
Andy
Norway Faces Growing Risk From Soviet Missile Actions
In Finnmark, Norway near the Barents Sea Russia fired two unarmed ballistic missiles into contested fishing waters. Norway and the Soviet Union dispute continental shelf boundaries amid rising strategic tension. If Finnmark’s early warning is neutralized, the Soviet Northern Fleet could threaten Atlantic approaches via Iceland.
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Norway
Barents Sea
Soviet Union
Siberia
Moscow
Finnmark
Arctic Ocean
Barents
Murmansk
Kola Peninsula
Iceland
Atlantic
Child Struck by Car in Hillsboro Area
A seven year old Hillsboro boy was hit by a Ford driven by Willie Mosley 38 of Hillsboro on Lawrence County Road 48 six miles north of Hillsboro. He remained in fair condition at Decatur General Hospital per a hospital spokesman.
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Hillsboro
Lawrence County
Decatur General Hospital
Carl Reed Jr
Jimmy Hood
Willie Mosley
Decatur
Alfred Shelton
David R. Lindsey
Antioch
Lindsey
Shelton
Danny Junkins
Stamp collecting class at Wheeler Basin Library grade event
A basic stamp collecting class runs from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Wheeler Basin Regional Library led by Mrs. Pat Penney of Huntsville. The session targets children but welcomes all attendees. TOPS AL 55 meets 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Aquadome. call Rusty O Shields at 353 0675 for details. Single Adult Fellowship gathers at 7 p.m. in the First Baptist Church youth center.
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Ark
Tony
Susan Alamo Christian Foundation
Arkansas Supreme Court
Thh
New York
California
Foundation
Alamo Foundation
Alma
Susan Alamo
Wheeler Basin Regional Library
Pat Penney
Huntsville
Aquadome
Rusty O’shields
First Baptist Church
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