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May/June
2002
CONTENTS
COVER
STORY
— Harvard Exodus
* Departures raise issues of race, respect and fuel Black studies debate
By Tatsha Robertson
FEATURES
— Why I Teach at Howard
An Asian American law professor responds to the curious
By Frank H. Wu
— Whose Battle?
U. of Michigan affirmative action case may go to Supreme Court
By Trevor W. Coleman
— Counting on Change
The history of African American Certified Public Accountants (CPAs)
By Theresa A. Hammond
ISSUES & VIEWS
— Black
Enterprise
New AOL Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons proves a trend
By Leon E. Wynter
— The Ruins
of Great Zimbabwe
After a controversial
election, land and leadership issues persist
By Salih Booker
DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Note
- Letters
- Up Front: Cincinnati continues fight for justice; Oscar firsts; Can private
funds rescue public schools?; Boston University seeks African presidents; State
civil rights organization accused of racism Questions: Harvard University
Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. on reparations
- Sandra L. Thurman likens successful U.S. efforts to acquire discounted Cipro
during the anthrax crisis to the ongoing fight for affordable AIDS drugs in Africa
- Crisis Forum
* Art: Artist Simmie Knox is the first African American to paint the official
portrait of a US President
* Books:
— A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou
— The Bondwoman's Narrative written by Hannah Crafts and edited
by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
— Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work by David
A. Harris
— The Black Female Body: A Photographic History by Deborah Willis
and Carla Williams
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Backstory: Herb Boyd recalls fond memories of the most famous
landmark in his Harlem neighborhood — the recently refurbished
Apollo Theater
- The NAACP Today
* National Prison Program charters its first new branch;
* Voting Rights bill awaits conference vote;
* South Carolina sues border patrols;
* Full coverage of the 33rd Image Awards;
* Miami NAACP calls for police accountability;
* Branch News: Des Moines, Iowa; Yorktown-James City-Willliamsburg
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