March/April 2001 Volume 108 No. 2

CONTENTS

COVER STORY (Cover photograph: P. A. Greene)
- Dr. Ruth J. Simmons: precedent - setting president
By Barry Beckham
The first woman and the first African American to head one of the eight Ivy-League schools, Dr. Ruth Simmons is a wonderworking woman. Here is her story.

FEATURES
— Private prisons profiting at the expense of women of color
By Elaine R. Jones
With increased incarceration rates, private prisons gain their greatest profits. Black and Hispanic women are the fastest growing prison population.

— The changing face of racism: new strategies needed for the new century
By Bill Strickland
Racism has been a part of America's history since the nation's inception. It's even imbedded in the Constitution. This University of Massachusetts professor says we need a new strategy to battle an old enemy.

— African-American women college presidents: a biographical listing
Compiled by Fern Gillespie
Twenty Seven of the nation's 2,320 four year colleges are led by black women. We introduce you to them.

— The lady and her music
By Janus Adams
Broadway conductor, composer, and choir master Linda Twine is right up there with the big boys. She's not one of the boys, but a woman among men who respect her talent.

— Harvard law school black alumni meet and celebrate
By C. Stone Brown
Harvard has graduated more African-American lawyers than any law school except Howard University. Its alumni and alumnae gathered for the first time and celebrated the litigants in Brown V. Topeka Board of Education.

DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Notebook
- Upfront in civil rights
- Milestones
- Soul food: art, books, music
*Guiding spirits of art (By Sharon Fitzgerald)
* All that jazz (By C. Stone Brown)
* Hamp's new school (By Phil W. Petrie)
* Clifford's Blues (By Mari Evans)
* Paule Marshall: The Fisher King
- The World of the NAACP

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