Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African Americans in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us or tweet @jbhedotcom with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

“Your Heritge Is Taken Away”; The Closing of Three Historically Black Colleges
The New York Times

How Harvard Caved to Student Protesters and Fired Its First Black Faculty Dean
Newsweek

Sanders’ Free College Proposal and HBCUs
Black Press USA

Did Busing for School Desegregation Succeed? Here’s What Research Says.
Chalkbeat

The Government Created Housing Segregation. Here’s How the Government Can End It.
The American Prospect

When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists
The Nation

FAMU’s Story Is Still Being Written
Tallahassee Democrat

The Reality of Being a Black Woman at Cambridge
The Guardian

Famed HBCU a Symbol of Black Independence
The Washington Informer

The First Black Woman to Earn a Physics PhD From University of Glasgow Just Graduated
Teen Vogue

Elizabeth Warren’s New Plan Aims To Help Women Of Color Rise To The Top In Government
Refinery29

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