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2015 Winter

TIPHC Newsletter for Dec. 27-Jan. 2

A brief history of Islam in AmericaSo much of the recent debate in the US over Syrian refugees and Islamophobia has tended to assume that Muslim Americans are mostly migrants and that Islam is a new phenomenon in America, along with questions about integration and assimilation.In fact, Islam has a long history in America, going [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:26-06:00February 1, 2016|2015 Winter|

TIPHC Newsletter for Dec. 20-26, 2015

The Troubling History of Big Tobacco’s Cozy Ties With Black Leaders In an in-depth investigative piece, Mother Jones magazine explores the relationship between large tobacco companies and the black community and its political leaders, as well as the reason one of the community's biggest killers is rarely discussed. "It's hardly surprising that a tobacco company [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:26-06:00February 1, 2016|2015 Winter|

TIPHC Newsletter for Dec. 13-19, 2015

PVAMU “ReView” Magazine debut The inaugural issue of ReView magazine was released last week on campus. The publication will highlight “the innovative research” at PVAMU from engineering to business to history and beyond.“Our groundbreaking research initiatives area complemented by creative thinking and an intentional effort to encourage collaboration among our research faculty, students,and external partners,” [...]

2019-12-15T15:21:27-06:00February 1, 2016|2015 Winter|

TIPHC Newsletter for Dec. 6-12, 2015

George Edwin Taylor: First African American presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) is generally noted as the first African American presidential candidate. Chisholm campaigned for the office in 1972 -- 68 years after George Edwin Taylor ran as a candidate of the National Negro Liberty Party in 1904. A journalist by trade, Taylor — [...]

2023-04-26T10:34:07-05:00February 1, 2016|2015 Winter|

Contents

-- The Troubling History of Big Tobacco’s Cozy Ties With Black Leaders

-- African-American books of Interest, 2015-2016

-- Black Artists and the March Into the Museum

-- As it nears its 50th year, Kwanzaa strives for relevance

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "No Color Is My Kind, The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 20-26

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted

Contents

-- A brief history of Islam in America

-- New book chronicles African-American characters in "The Little Rascals"

-- Study: Black athletes and “The height of hypocrisy in higher education”

-- TBHPP Bookshelf: "Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South"

-- This Week In Texas Black History, Dec. 27-Jan. 2

-- Ron Goodwin Blog

-- Submissions wanted