Article: Multicultural ornaments offer something for everyone

Article: Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments celebrate African Americans
Michigan Chronicle;  November 28, 1995 ;     482 words ......And because Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments...Series. The African American figure is...introduce one new African American angel annually. Carole, a Hallmark Keepsake Showcase...Praises is a Hallmark Keepsake Miniature...heaven. This African ...

Article: African American mayors on the rise doing fine
Chicago Defender;  September 28, 2004 ;     625 words ......and towns today fairing under African American mayors? The 1980's and 1990's brought new leadership and African American political empowerment throughout...Currently, the state has 21 African American mayors leading communities...

Article: African American Men in College
Journal of College Student Development;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...African American Men in College Michael J. Cuyjet...emergence of interest in the topic of African American males in education. Surprisingly...e.g., Washington Post series on African American males) and national conferences...

Article: Postmodernism, traditional cultural forms, and the African American narrative: Major's Reflex, Morrison's Jazz, and Reed's Mumbo Jumbo
Novel;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...African American writers since at least the 1960s have attempted...myth of modernity," the representation of the African American as Other than reason, and the postmodern African American experience. Unlike most white American postmodernists...

Article: The changing roles of African American grandmothers raising grandchildren: an exploratory study in the piedmont region of North Carolina.(Report)
The Western Journal of Black Studies;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ......drastically influenced the structure of African American families. Along with structural changes...grandmother caregivers. Historically, the African American grandmother has played important roles...the family values, and conveyer of African American culture. It was the grandmother ...

Article: Tiger Woods African American -- like it or not
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  April 29, 1997 ;     502 words ......Tribune, The 04-29-1997 Tiger Woods African American -- like it or not Tiger Woods said it bothers him when people call him an African American. "Growing up I came up with this name...that you are bothered to be called African American. Technically, Woods is both African...

Article: African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Composition Studies;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives...and Ronald L. Jackson's collection African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives...theoretical tools we use for analyzing African American rhetoric and/or the ways we teach...

Article: African American Curators: Keepers of the Culture
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  January 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Philadelphia Tribune, The 01-31-1997 African American Curators: Keepers of the Culture...African people throughout the Diaspora, African American museums continue to serve the role...aesthetics. As "keepers of the culture," African American curators play the pivotal role of...

Article: Reversing the Plight of African American Male College Students.(mentor programs aid students)(Brief Article)
Black Issues in Higher Education;  October 26, 2000 ;     606 words ...Scholars, both African American and Caucasian, have addressed the plight of the African American college student attending a predominantly...university. Of special concern is the African American male. Although African American men...

Article: Ultimate College Guide For African American Students
New York Beacon, The;  August 30, 2000 ;     565 words ......08-30-2000 Ultimate College Guide For African American Students The DayStar Guide to Colleges for African American Students by Thomas LaVeist, Ph...essential information to help African American students determine if the schools...

Article: The experiences of parents of gifted African American children: a phenomenological study.
Roeper Review;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Demographic reports of African American students in education and numbers of African American children identified as gifted have remained...Education (USDE; 1993, 2000). Data on gifted African American students vary between states and regions...

Article: Spirit, Space & Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe
The Journal of Negro Education;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Spirit, Space & Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe, edited by...in this important anthology is an African American woman who has struggled or is currently...candid and informative insights into African American women's struggle against Eurocentric...

Article: White Scholars/African American Texts
Canadian Journal of Education;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Ed.). (2005). White Scholars/African American Texts. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers...to having a black professor of African American literature should not be not having a professor of African American literature" (p. 23). On that...

Article: Givens Foundation promotes African American literature, history
Michigan Chronicle;  February 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Givens Foundation promotes African American literature, history. Sponsored...The Givens Foundation for African American literature is a nonprofit...that celebrates and promotes African American literature and history through...