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The Rhodes Scholarship has faced controversies since its inception, primarily concerning the exclusion of women and Black Africans. Initially, the scholarship was limited to male students with Commonwealth of Nations, Germany, and the United States, a restriction that only changed in 1977 following the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act ...
Candidate of Sciences (Candidatus scientiarum – CSc., replaced by common Ph.D. in the Czech Republic in 1998 and by PhD. in Slovakia in 1996); Doctor of philosophy (Philosophiae doctor – Ph.D. or PhD., awarded since 1998 and 1996, respectively; requires at least 3–5-year doctoral study and coursework of 120-180 Credits)
Innovations and excellence in teaching and mentoring students in the fields of limnology and oceanography United States: Richtmyer Memorial Award: American Association of Physics Teachers: Educators who have made outstanding contributions as teachers, and have imparted information and motivation to participants in the field United States
First African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi: James Meredith [45] [46] Wendell Wilkie Gunn is a retired corporate executive, a former Reagan Administration official, and the first African American student to enroll and graduate from the University of North Alabama in 1965 (then Florence State College) in Florence, Alabama.
Today CAFF, held annually in October, is the longest running festival for African film in the UK. [73] Black History Month, first held in the UK in 1987, began to be celebrated in Cambridge in 2005. The Cambridge African Network (CAN) was founded in 2008. [74] CAN organizes events to bring together the African community in Cambridge. [75]
An African-American teacher. African-American teachers educated African Americans and taught each other to read during slavery in the South. People who were enslaved ran small schools in secret, since teaching those enslaved to read was a crime (see Slave codes). Meanwhile, in the North, African Americans worked alongside Whites. Many ...
Association for the Study of African American Life and History: Outstanding book in African diaspora history United States: Wilbur Cross Medal: Yale Graduate School Alumni Association: Distinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration, and public service United States: William Gilbert Award: American Geophysical Union
Vernie Merze Tate (February 6, 1905 – June 27, 1996) was a professor, scholar and expert on United States diplomacy.She was the first African-American graduate of Western Michigan Teachers College, first African-American woman to attend the University of Oxford, first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University (then Radcliffe ...