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Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.
It may have been nearly two weeks since former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro remarked to a small California newspaper that she attributed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s success as a Democratic presidential nominee to his being a black male. But it seems to have been the starting point of the presidential campaign’s focus on racial issues.
Harvard University made history twice in one day when it named Evelynn M. Hammonds dean of Harvard College.
With the annual cost of tuition and fees at a four-year private institution averaging $23,712, it’s no surprise that students sought more than $148 billion in financial aid during the 2006–2007 academic school year. However, funding for college may not be as readily available, as some low-cost federal student loan programs dry up and private student loans become harder to get.
President Bush’s 2009 education budget proposal has many black educators concerned about the impact of federal cuts on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
