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Black Issues Forum

Previous Topics

2007

  • African Americans and Education: From Youth to Adulthood
  • African Americans Giving Back to the Community: Are We Helping Ourselves by Helping Each Other?
  • African Americans and Money: The Differences Between Being Rich and Being Wealthy
  • African Americans and Health: The Silent Killers and Cures

2006

  • Enrollment in Universities — Male vs. Female
  • Health Issues Affecting African Americans Today
  • Role Changes in African American Families
  • Affects of Hurricane Katrina

2005

  • African Americans and Multiculturalism
  • African American Women
  • African American Solutions
  • African Americans and History

2004: Forever Involved, Never Complacent

  • AIDS in the Black Community
  • The Changing Political Environment in the Black Community
  • Affirmative Action in Corporate America
  • Blacks in Higher Education

2003: Leadership: Impacting the Present to Shape the Future

  • Affirmative Action in Higher Education
  • College Athletics and the LeBron James Phenomenon
  • Images Portrayed in the Media
  • Health Issues Affecting the Black Community

2002

  • Hip Hop Language: "It's all Good" or "Wack"?
  • The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice - Is Skin Color Still an Issue in Black America?
  • Where Have All the Brotha's gone? - Is the Black Man's Failure to Graduate from Higher Education Institutions an Issue?
  • Black Wealth in America - Myth or Reality?

2001: Meeting the Challenges of the New Millennium While Keeping the Past Real

  • Role Models or Role "Playas" -- Who do you Respect?
  • Confederate Flag -- A Source of American Pride or Hatred?
  • Making the Grade, but Failing the Test--How can I go to College if I can't Test out of High School?
  • Black Communities and Law Enforcement--Expectations, Responsibilities and Alliances

2000

  • The Confederate Flag (Debate in South Carolina)
  • Bridging the Digital Divide (Access to Technology)
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Images of the African-American Family Portrayed in the Media: Truth vs. Reality

1999

  • Preserving the African American Family
  • Dispelling the Myths of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly White Universities/Institutions (PWIs)
  • The Effects of Hip Hop on the African American Community
  • African American's Role in our Legal System: Civil Rights

1998

  • Attacks on Race-Based Scholarships
  • African American's Role in our Legal System: Civil Rights
  • Apology and Reparations for African American Slavery
  • Images of the African-American Family Portrayed in the Media: Truth vs. Reality