Black Male Teachers Are Becoming Extinct in America; Black Women Greatly Outnumber Black Men at HBCU's; New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Heads to Nebraska; Only 4% of U.S. College Students Are Black Males

Making Progress; Moving Forward! Black Male Teachers Becoming Extinct Who Will Black Prorfessional Women Marry? New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Heads to Nebraska Are Charter Schools An Engine for Segregation? Olny 4% of U.S. College Students Are Black Males Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   Black Male Teachers Becoming Extinct     "There are African American men all over the country with skills, and with passion, that can serve these boys in so many capacities that they don't even know," King says. "It makes a huge difference because [the students] are able to be comfortable with themselves, they're able to see what they'll become one day, and if those images are positive, it raises their self identity to another level."   King hopes that by reaching his young black boys early, he'll be able to help them build a strong educational foundation that will allow them to buck another troubling trend: the low number of African American males entering and graduating from college. A recent report from the Department of Education showed that males are now a distinct minority on campus-even at historically black colleges and universities.   Read More... Black Women Greatly Out Number Black Men at HBCU's.  Who Will Professional Black Women Marry?   Of Black males who make it to an HBCU, only 29 percent will graduate within six years, which is worse than the 33 percent national average of black males at all colleges. Nationally, the six-year graduation rate is 57 percent.   The gender gap is magnified at Clark Atlanta University, where a staggering 74 percent of the students are female. Last fall, as the school welcomed one of the largest freshman classes in history - more than 1,000 - fewer than 100 were men.   Read More... Michelle Alexander and The New Jim Crow Social Justice Movement Arrive in Nebraska on Saturday, March 10, 2010    People in Omaha, Lincoln, North Platte and Grand Island, Nebraska;  Sioux City, Des Moines, Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Minneapolis and Rochester, Minnesota; St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri; Overland Park, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Denver, Colorado are encouraged to attend this event.     "Much like a great explorer, Michelle Alexander has discovered another America--a bizarro world where prejudice and discrimination have replaced truth and justice. An America that is as intent on destroying young Black men as it is at proclaiming its passion for freedom and fairness. Even some of the most conscious and best-intentioned Americans can't see The New Jim Crow and their roles in supporting it. Michelle Alexander holds a mirror up to America and reveals a monster!"  - Phillip Jackson, The Black Star Project    Read More... Take Young Men and/or Young Women to a Free College Basketball Game through a  Million Fathers Club Events    UIC Women vs University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee   7:00 PM Thursday, March 1, 2012 at  525 South Racine Street UIC Pavilion  Chicago, Illinois   Call Bruce Walker at 773-285-9600 for more information or to reserve your FREE tickets!     Click Here for information about other free college games.     Charter School Segregation Target Of New Report   Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery - and provides recommendations to fix the alleged injustice.   "Charter schools tend to be more racially segregated than traditional public schools," said author and Penn State law professor Preston Green III, who sat on a board that considered charter-school applications in Pennsylvania. "What we tried to do is write ways to enable charter schools to promote desegregation rather exacerbate segregation."   Read More...     Report: Only 4 percent of college students are black males in U.S.   By CASSAUNDRA BABER Observer-Dispatch, Feb 17, 2012     Next week, Thomas R. Proctor High School senior Julius Blackshear will visit several colleges during winter break.  By the end of the week, he will have a better idea of which college he might attend in the fall.   Blackshear's winter-break activity represents that of many high school seniors, but he's somewhat of an anomaly among black males, according to a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Council of the Great City Schools that found only 4 percent of college students are black males.   Read More... One of the best options for educating Black students in America -- Saturday University     Please call 773.285.9600 to learn how to start a Saturday University in your city.  We have 15 free Saturday Universities operating in and around Chicago.  Please call 773.285.9600 to register your child for free academic enhancement or for more information about Saturday University.   Read More... Campaign for Black Male Achievement Impact Index   This report provides a summary of the accomplishments of the Open Society Campaign for Black Male Achievement since its inception in 2008. It contains the rationale for developing the campaign, a breakdown of its grantmaking goals and strategies, various collaborations that have been created, and descriptions of grantees in each key strategy area. The result is a publication that targets a variety of networks including funding partners, with the hope of leveraging more money to the black male achievement field.    Click Here to Read Full Report