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The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
Research into the causes of the disparity in academic achievement between students from different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds has been ongoing since the 1966 publication of the Coleman Report (officially titled "Equality of Educational Opportunity"), commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education. The report found that a combination ...
The BET Honors, which celebrates the lives and achievements of African American luminaries. Coretta Scott King Award (annual literary award from the American Library Association given to African American authors and illustrators) Golden Eagle Award, Afro-American in the Arts; Black Movie Awards; Essence Literary Awards (defunct) Glyph Comics Awards
The White House on Friday released a memo acknowledging that current racial achievement gaps are a result of Black and Latino students receiving fewer resources, and segregation between Black and ...
First African-American woman ordained in the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), the largest of three denominations that later combined to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Earlean Miller [272] Jill E. Brown First African-American head coach of an NCAA Division I-A football program: Willie Jeffries (Wichita State). [273]
Let me repeat that because it's such a staggering and monumental achievement – Trump's 2024 presidential victory is the least racially polarized presidential election win since Lyndon Johnson's ...
The Negro Genius: a new appraisal of the achievement of the American Negro in Literature and the Fine Arts. Biblo-Moser. ISBN 0-8196-0184-5; ISBN 978-0819601841; Calo, Mary Ann (2007). Distinction and Denial: Race, Nation, and the Critical Construction of the African American Artist, 1920–40. University of Michigan Press.
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