Federal student loan changes hamper black college enrollment By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press ATLANTA — Ariadne Partlow dreamed of graduating Spelman College and moving on to medical school, but instead of studying biology this semester, she worked at a fast-food Chinese restaurant. The Jackson, Tenn., native was among thousands of students who unexpectedly either […]
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U.S. Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe African Americans
February 26, 2013
U.S. Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe African Americans By Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON— After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era […]
February 26, 2013
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