Education

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and education from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue. Education/sociology issues include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), black middle class, National Baptist Convention, Church of God in Christ, African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, National Black Catholic Conference, Southwest Athletic Conference, National Urban League, United Negro College Fund, National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Pan-Hellenic Council, The Links, National Council of Negro Women, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.