Black Issues in Higher Education celebrates 20 years of publishing

Black Issues in Higher Education, July 15, 2004

20th Anniversary Conference

Scholars, policy-makers, college administrators, and foundation and association executives from around the country helped Black Issues In Higher Education celebrate its 20th anniversary at its first national conference, "Benchmarks & Barriers for People of Color in Higher Education," held in Crystal City, Va., June 17-19. Approximately 600 participants attended various concurrent sessions on issues such as careers in higher education, technology and presidential leadership, and were inspired by the words of Drs. Johnnetta Cole, Freeman Hrabowski and Belle Wheelan among many others. The two-and-a-half-day conference culminated with a gala and presentation of the John Hope Franklin Distinguished Contributor to Higher Education awards. Recipients included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, historian Dr. David Levering Lewis and Dr. Sybil Mobley, dean emeritus, Florida A&M University's School of Business and Industry.

1. Dr. Johnnetta Cole, President, Bennett College

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2. Beverly Ledbetter, Vice President and General Counsel, Brown University

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3. Ted Spencer, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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4. Dr. Julianne Malveaux. Black Issues In Higher Education and syndicated columnist

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5. Dr. Victor Borden. Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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6. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.

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7. Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell, dean of the Graduate School of Education, George Washington University, signs copies of The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education at the Black Issues booth.

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8. Dr. M. Rick Turner, Dean, Office of African American Affairs, University of Virginia

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9. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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10. Dr. Belle Wheelan, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia

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11. Dr. Michael Lomax, President and CEO, United Negro College Fund

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12. Frank Wu, Dean, Wayne State University Law School

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20th Anniversary gala

1. Dr. John Hope Franklin, center, with Black Issues In Higher Education publishers Frank L. Matthews and William E. Cox

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2. From left, Dr. John Hope Franklin with award recipients, Dr. Sybil Mobley, Dr. David Levering Lewis, and Deborah Wilds, representing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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3. Renee Poussaint, gala emcee, executive director, National Visionary Leadership Project. Entertainment for the gala included, (4) Oscar Brown Jr., (5) Oral Moses and (7) No Illusion

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6. From left, Linda Lombardo, advertising manager; Kendra Hamilton, assistant editor, Robin V. Smiles, associate editor, Hilary Hurd Anyaso, editor, Pamela Barrett, advertising director, and Shilpa Banerji, copy editor, Black Issues In Higher Education.

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