Black Women Leadership Conference

Spelman College’s Center for Leadership and Civic engagement is hosting a conference on Black women leaders starting today through tomorrow. According to its website the conference is for women and men who value and leverage multicultural experiences brought to the workplace and community by women of color. The conference will focus on [...]

Best American Fiction In Last 25 Years

“Beloved” by Toni Morrison. This according to the New York Times Book review. Book Review Editor Sam Tanenhaus sent out a letter to prominent writers, critics, and editors to choose the best work of American fiction in the last quarter century. The runnersup can be found at the link above. Philip [...]

Of U.S. Children Under Age 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities

“Nearly half of the nation’s children under 5 are racial or ethnic minorities, and the percentage is increasing mainly because the Hispanic population is growing so rapidly, according to a census report released today.”
“Hispanics are the nation’s largest and fastest-growing minority group. They accounted for 49 percent of the country’s growth from 2004 to 2005, [...]