Marybeth Gasman

Members of the black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 in Missouri

Stepping Up and Speaking Out as a Crisis Management Strategy

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The recent race-related incident at the University of Missouri resulting in the resignations of the University of Missouri system president and chancellor have spurred numerous protests on college campuses across the country. While some allege that these student-led movements are unnecessary and divisive; the timeline of events that precipitated Jonathon Butler’s hunger strike at Missouri […]

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Black Male freshmen students listen to SU System President at Southern University and A&M College orientation.

Closing the Gender Gap for Black Males at HBCUs

HBCU Colleges /

In April 2014, at the American Educational Research Association’s annual meeting, the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities held a session with distinguished panelists to discuss HBCUs’ role in providing college access to Black males. Led by the Initiatives’ deputy director Ivory Toldson and keeping in line with President Barack Obama’s newly

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