A panel of journalists and historians discuss civil rights Thursday in the LSU Journalism Building. Story Link (Photo: Morgan Searles | NOLA.com)
"It's a Girl" was screened at Shippensburg University on March 26.LINK OF THE COVERAGE
Southern University professor Lisa Delpit’s latest book has garnered national attention. Click to read FULL STORY. (Photo credit: The Advocate Staff)
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Gwen Ifill holding up the Scripps School of Journalism’s Carr Van Anda Award for “enduring contributions to journalism” (Photos by Megan Westervelt/ Ohio University).
Gwen Ifill spoke at the Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media at Ohio University in February 2013 (Photos by Megan Westervelt/ Ohio University).
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In Mexico, families hope immigration reform will trigger reunions
And that’s the scene at Santiago Domínguez’s home. At 82-years-old, he’s the family patriarch. He’s wearing pressed slacks, his dark hair smoothed back. By lunchtime, he’s surrounded by relatives. Read more
Diversity in Visual Art
Spotlight: Wing Young Huie
Photo credit: Wing Young Huie
By Margaret Evans Wing Young Huie’s many photographic projects document the dizzying socioeconomic and cultural realities of American society, much of it centered on the urban cores of his home state of Minnesota.
Whether in epic public installations or international museum exhibitions, he creates up-to-the-minute societal mirrors of who we are, seeking to reveal not only what is hidden, but also what is plainly visible and seldom noticed.
GLBTQ
LSU students celebrate first university-sponsored LGBTQ graduation ceremony
Photo by Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
By Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com |
The Times-Picayune
(May 15, 2013) - Louisiana State University students Tuesday celebrated their first-ever Lavender Graduation, honoring accomplishments of LSU's lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, queer and questioning population and their supporters.
About 20 students walked across the stage in the Cotillion Ballroom at the Student Union in front of family and friends. Read more
Synopsis (Source :groundspark.org) - From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image
to boys who are sexually active just to prove they aren't gay, the students in Straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives.
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AFRICAN AMERICANS NABJ honors Boston University’s Michelle Johnson as journalism educator of the year
