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Remembering William “Billy” Rice, Class of ’76
~Rest in Power Billy~We are saddened to announce that William "Billy" Rice '76 has passed away. Billy played on both the freshman soccer and baseball teams, and was a member of the Afro-American Society. He received his AB from Dartmouth in 1975, his MA (Urban...
BADA May 2016 Organizational Update
Click through here for some updates and opportunities for involvement with your BADA!Highlights:1) Spring Happenings courtesy of our regional reps2) BADA Mentoring : alumni and black undergrads, particularly in Finance and STEM3) Faculty...
Black America and the Class Divide
Author Henry Louis Gates Jr. in an education piece for the NYTimes writes about how the economic gap within the African-American community is one of the most important factors in the rise of Black Lives Matter activists who are predominately recent college...
Rest In Power: MarShawn M. McCarrel, II & David Joseph
Two lives were lost unnecessarily in the past few days, 23-year old Marshawn M. McCarrell, II of Columbus, OH and 17-year old David Joseph of Austin, TX. Marshawn McCarrell was a well-known Black Lives Matter activist based in Ohio who had recently received an...
Black Panther Party: 50 Years
In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored — cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically...
Celebrating Black Excellence: Sophina DeJesus
UCLA gymnast Sophina DeJesus controlled the Monday morning "shop talk" with what Mic writer Zak Cheney-Rice describes as "what may go down as the greatest floor routine of all time." DeJesus scored a 9.925 out of 10.000 for her efforts against Utah. This is...
BADA Winter 2016 Newsletter
North Carolina Voter ID Laws – Troubling Implications
Sari Horwitz of the Washington Post writes:The requirement to present photo identification to cast a ballot went on trial Monday in a closely watched case that will have legal ramifications for voting across the country this presidential election year. Inside a...
Tragedy highlights systemic poverty and racism for Aboriginals in CA
As written by Manisha Krishnan, a staff writer for Vice.The particulars of the shooting that took in La Loche, Saskatchewan Friday...A 17-year-old boy, who had reportedly been bullied mercilessly about his appearance, shot dead brothers Dayne and Drayden Fontaine at a...
Crisis in Flint, MI
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