Minority leader

Article Abstract:

Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, MO, implemented a program in 1984 to attract and retain more African Americans in its courses. The program has succeeded in boosting the African American student population to 158, or 19%, of the school's total student population of 830. The program was supported by Civic Progress, an association of executives and directors of 30 large corporations in St. Louis. The business community was convinced that educating more African Americans would address not only the problem of lack of skilled workers but also a host of social problems caused by unemployment.

Social policy, Schools, Saint Louis, Missouri, Vocational schools, Trade schools

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Blinded by blackness

Article Abstract:

Afrocentrism provides a romantic, and largely fictional, history of Africa and its diaspora. However, some strange ideas have sprung up around the notion that every important feature of civilisation, everywhere in the world, originated in Africa. Extreme Afrocentrists maintain that both the ancient Greeks and the biblical Jews were black Africans, and that whites are genetic mutants or throwbacks to the Neanderthals. The belief that African-Americans are a distinct nationality has led to the establishment of Afrocentric schools in predominantly black districts in the US.

Afrocentrism

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Human rights: a national perspective. "If not now, when?"

Article Abstract:

In this adaptation of an address before the International Teacher's Conference to Combat Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Violations of Human Rights, Mr. Farmer talks about the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. and about the difficulty of changing stereotypical images.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Race discrimination, Civil rights

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