Extractions: P hoto by Elizabeth Alley, courtesy of Raleigh Historic Districts Commission The Raleigh City Council has supported historic preservation activities in the city through an appointed citizen commission since 1961, five years before the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act. At that time the council formed the Historic Sites Commissionthe first such body in the stateand allowed it limited powers to further preservation objectives within the municipal limits. The Commission incorporated in 1962 and gained its 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in 1965. Its first efforts were directed toward public education to raise awareness among citizens about the values of the community's historic places and the threats they faced. By 1967, the Historic Sites Commission had gained enough experience to be instrumental in obtaining local legislation from the North Carolina General Assembly that allowed it broader powers. Among these powers was the right "to hold, manage, preserve, restore, improve and operate [historic properties]." This legislation was central to the success of the Commission's first major preservation initiative: securing the future of the threatened Mordecai House , which was acquired by the city in June of that year and turned over to the Commission to develop and supervise as a historic park. Again, the Historic Sites Commission had accomplished a pioneering preservation feat in North Carolina: the acquisition and restoration of a historic property by a municipality for the express purpose of preventing its demolition had never before occurred in North Carolina.
Extractions: NOTE: This document is also available in portable document format (pdf). To read pdf files you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader; if you do not have Acrobat, you can download a free copy from Adobe. The charter school phenomenon that seemed radical only a few years ago is now an accepted part of public education in many parts of the country. From a slow start in a few states, the charter movement has grown rapidly: by fall 1997 approximately 700 charters were operating in 29 states and the District of Columbiaand their numbers are likely to grow rapidly over the next few years. Charter schools are public schools, but what sets them apart is their chartera contract with a state or local agency that provides them with public funds for a specified time period. The charter itself states the terms under which the school can be held accountable for improving student performance and achieving goals set out in the charter. This contract frees charter developers from a number of regulations that otherwise apply to public schools. The freedoms accorded to charter schools have raised an array of hopes and fears about the consequences of introducing charter schools into the public system. Some people hope that charter schools developed by local educators, parents, community members, school boards, and other sponsors might provide both new models of schooling and competitive pressures on public schools that will improve the current system. Others fear that charter schools might, at best, be little more than escape valves that relieve pressure for genuine reform and, at worst, add to centrifugal forces that threaten to pull public education apart.
HCL Libraries - Harvard College Library Access to African American studies in History Universe 18th century on HOLLIS full-text of all federal legislation and Supreme Court decisions http://hcl.harvard.edu/govdocs/guides/afri_am_resources_print.html
Extractions: Skip directly to content Home > HCL Libraries There are over 90 libraries at Harvard that comprise the Harvard University Library system, with combined holdings of over 15 million items. More than 10 million of those items are part of the collection of a centrally administered unit within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that is referred to as the Harvard College Library (HCL) and includes Cabot Science, Fine Arts (includes Harvard Film Archive), Harvard-Yenching, Houghton (includes Harvard Theatre Collection), Lamont, Littauer (includes Environmental Information Center), Loeb Music, Tozzer, and Widener libraries, and the Harvard Map Collection and Government Documents/Microforms. See the Harvard Libraries site for a complete listing of all University libraries. Quad and CGIS libraries are opening soon Contact: Tel: Fax: E-mail General sciences with undergraduate collections in applied sciences, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, physics, zoology, history of science, and agriculture engineering, and research collections in earth and planetary sciences, pure mathematics, and theoretical statistics.
SW 360 in the subject areas of africanamerican studies, Anthropology, Asian studies, Ecology, Economics, Government Publications and Tracking legislation http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/sw360.htm
Extractions: Social Work 360: Library Research Workshop MSUM Library Web Site: http://www.mnstate.edu/library/ Library Instruction Web Site: http://www.mnstate.edu/library/instruct I. Finding Books: Online Catalog WebPALS found on Library HomePage II. Finding Journals Electronic Databases Social Services Abstracts CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development, and is updated monthly. Major areas of subject coverage include: Community development; Crisis intervention; Evaluation research; The family and social welfare; Gerontology; Policy, planning, forecasting; Poverty and homelessness; Professional issues in social work; Social development; Social work education; Support groups/networks; Violence, abuse, neglect; and Welfare services. Covers the dates of 1980 - current Sociological Abstracts
Collection Development Department-African-American Studies africanamerican studies Collections Resources in the Libraries General Collections on important legislation dealing with the history of equal rights, http://www.lib.unc.edu/cdd/crs/socsci/afro/genover.html
Extractions: Title (omit initial article) Author (last name, first name) Keyword (use and, or, not) LC Subject MeSH Subject LC/NLM Call Number Local/Dewey Call Number Gov Docs Call Number Series ISBN/ISSN Number WorldCat OCLC Number Art Biology Carolina Pop. Center Chemistry Davis (Main) Geological Sciences GIS Government Information GrantSource Health Sciences Highway Safety Journalism Law Manuscripts Department Maps Collection Marine Sciences Math/Physics Media Resources Center Microforms Collection Music North Carolina Collection NCC Gallery Odum Institute Photographic Archives Planning Rare Book Collection School of Govt. Southern Historical Coll. Southern Folklife Coll. Stone Center Library Undergraduate University Archives UCIS K-12 Wilson How Do I...? Hours Catalog Article Databases ... E-Journal Finder Resources in the Libraries' General Collections Introduction Collections Overview History Conclusion ... Scope The extensive holdings of audio-visual materials by and about African Americans date from the 1970s, with the development of the Media Resources Center in the Undergraduate Library , and the 1980s, with the founding of the Southern Folklife Collection in Wilson Library . The creation of the Electronic Information Service in Davis Library, also in the 1980s, enabled librarians to begin collecting electronic materials related to African American studies. During the 1990s grant funds for the cooperative purchase of Southern Americana allowed librarians at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, and North Carolina State University to further expand their African Americana collections.
Extractions: Title (omit initial article) Author (last name, first name) Keyword (use and, or, not) LC Subject MeSH Subject LC/NLM Call Number Local/Dewey Call Number Gov Docs Call Number Series ISBN/ISSN Number WorldCat OCLC Number Art Biology Carolina Pop. Center Chemistry Davis (Main) Geological Sciences GIS Government Information GrantSource Health Sciences Highway Safety Journalism Law Manuscripts Department Maps Collection Marine Sciences Math/Physics Media Resources Center Microforms Collection Music North Carolina Collection NCC Gallery Odum Institute Photographic Archives Planning Rare Book Collection School of Govt. Southern Historical Coll. Southern Folklife Coll. Stone Center Library Undergraduate University Archives UCIS K-12 Wilson How Do I...? Hours Catalog Article Databases ... E-Journal Finder This filmography lists those film and video documentary, instructional, and feature titles on and about Africa and African-Americans available at UNC in House Undergraduate Library's Media Resources Center . African-American in this filmography denotes both North and South Americans of African heritage and those of the Caribbean Basin as well. It includes subject headings in the Nonprint subject index that contain titles applicable to the study of African and African-American Studies. A selected bibliography of printed reference, monographic and articles on these areas is also listed at the beginning of the filmography.
GovTrack: H.R. 40: Text Of Legislation 4 This Act may be cited as the ``Commission to Study 5 Reparation Proposals for par 12 ticularly in the field of african-american studies. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-40
The Chronicle Of Higher Education: Complete Contents What s a white professor doing in africanamerican studies? Edward M. Kennedy may introduce legislation requiring accreditation for institutions using http://chronicle.com/chronicle/v48/4834guide.htm
Academe Today: Chronicle Archives Educators are worried about legislation proposed by the Irish education Gerald Early, the director of the africanamerican studies department at http://chronicle.com/data/articles.dir/eguid-42.dir/12eguide.htm
African-American Studies: African American History II africanamerican studies at the University of New Mexico. How many times has the federal government issued Civil Rights legislation and what was the http://www.unm.edu/~afamstds/afamhistory2.html
Extractions: This course will explore numerous Black historical events, Black leaders, and their influence on the social, political, and economic advancements of African-Americans from the Civil War to the present. This course is designed to present Black History in a clear and direct manner, within a broad political, social, economical and cultural framework. In addition, the African-American woman is presented as an active builder of Black culture. This course will become your major acquaintance with Historical Research Methodology. Therefore, this course is a research course that requires a lot of reading and extensive research that the student will share with his fellow student. As a learning experience in team work, and leadership skills, with all of the expectations and obstacles, students will organize themselves in groups with assigned topics of research. The students will conduct and share all research; thereby, developing a presentation to the class on an assigned date. The culmination of this presentation will be a paper to be presented to Dr. Williams after the presentation. The date of this paper will be assigned. Students will have one week to organize themselves in small groups of no more than four students, with one student acting as chair of the group an another acting as editor for the group.
Brown V. Board: 50 Years Later On March 15, 1965, President Johnson proposed such legislation before a joint and the Institute for Southern studies and the African American studies http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/brown.html
Extractions: 50 Years Later By Michael J. Klarman As the nation marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education , it is worth pondering why the justices found the case so difficult and what the decisions implications were for the Civil Rights Movement. Most people today would be surprised to learn that Brown was a hard decision for the justices. If statemandated segregation in public schools was not unconstitutional, what was? That the ruling in Brown was unanimous, moreover, suggests that the justices found the case to be easy. Appearances can be deceptive. In a memorandum written the day that Brown was decidedMay 17, 1954Justice William O. Douglas observed that had the case been decided immediately after it was first argued in December 1952, the vote would have been five to four in favor of the constitutionality of segregation in the public schools. Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote that a vote taken after the initial argument would have invalidated segregation by only five to four, with the majority writing several opinions. Brown was hard for many of the justices because it posed a conflict between their legal views and their personal values. The sources of constitutional interpretation to which they ordinarily looked for guidancetext, original understanding, precedentseemed to indicate that school segregation was permissible. By contrast, the personal values of most of the justices condemned segregation, which Justice Black called Hitlers creed. Their quandary was how to reconcile their legal and their moral views.
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African-American Studies: Primary Sources Online Subject Guides africanamerican studies speeches, legislation, Supreme Court decisions) and secondary sources (articles from reference books and http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eguides/afam/primary.html
Extractions: CU Home Libraries Home Search Site Index ... Help Search Library Catalog: Title (start of title) Journal (start of title) Author (last, first) Keyword (and, or, not, "") Subject Go To CLIO >> Find Databases: Title Keywords Title (start of title) Keywords Go To Databases >> Find E-Journals: Title (start of title) Title Keywords Subject Keywords Go To E-Journals >> Search the Libraries Website: Go To Advanced Website Search >> About the Libraries Libraries Collections Digital Collections Hours Directions to Columbia Map of Campus Libraries More... Catalogs CLIO (Columbia's Online Catalog) Other Catalogs at CU and Nearby A-Z List of Library Catalogs Course Reserves More... E-Resources Citation Finder Databases E-Journals E-Books E-Data E-News E-Images Subject Guides More...
African And African-American Studies (AFAM) Course Descriptions Introduces students to African and africanamerican studies at the After the Civil War, Congress enacted legislation to authorize regiments of black http://www.ou.edu/bulletins/courses/african_&_african-american_studies_courses.h
Extractions: African and African-American Studies (AFAM) 2003 Introduction to African and African-American Studies. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Introduces students to African and African-American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and at other institutions of higher education in the U.S. Students will study the major ideas, concepts, problems, issues, research and scholars in the field. Provides career focus and information for students who will major or minor in African and African-American Studies. (F, Sp) [IV-NW] 2113 Africa and the Diaspora. The course introduces students to the study of Africa and the dispersion of African people throughout the New World. Focus is placed upon the geographical and historical understanding of the continent of Africa and the identification of central causes of underdevelopment within the continent. (Irreg.) 2913 Perspectives on the Digital Divide: Theory and Application. This course focuses on the issue of the digital divide and the impact of computer illiteracy in today's society, with special focus on developing regions of Africa. The lack of access to communication technologies, including personal computers and the internet, is examined as an obstacle to the economic, social and political development in these regions. Focus is directed to theory and application. (Irreg.) Prerequisite: any course that focuses on African or African American content, or English 1213. Provides a basis for understanding discourse concerning the future of West Africa and Africans in the American Diaspora. Examines significant issues concerning West African people, their past, their priorities, and prognoses. (Irreg.)
Academic Operations Manual; Academic Services As a research center, it also supports the africanamerican studies Department, In 1977, the Federal Government promulgated legislation which requires http://www.provost.neu.edu/aom/sectiond.html
Extractions: The Academic Assistance Center, located in 102 Cahners Hall on the Fenway, provides tutoring in most freshman subjects at no charge to Northeastern students. Graduate students and upperclass undergraduates provide individual and small group tutorials as well as review sessions. In addition, the Reading Lab offers diagnostic testing and tutoring in reading, vocabulary and related learning skills. Referrals to other University services are made when necessary. Students should come to the Center to request assistance. Telephone 373-2328; TTY 373-8517. The Division of Academic Computing (DAC) facilitates the use of computers by Northeastern students and members of the faculty. Some years ago that meant maintaining one good-sized computer, used primarily by those doing advanced work in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences. More recently, computing has found productive use in nearly every field of study pursued at the University. At the same time, computing activities have increasingly migrated to personal computers, altering the nature of the need for computing services. Recognizing the transition to desktop computing, the University is committed to developing a state-of-the-art university-wide data communication network, NUnet. NUnet will provide the infrastructure to link students and faculty with the resources and information they need to conduct their work. It will also provide an entirely new avenue for enhanced communication both within and outside the University.
Extractions: President George W. Bush's creation of a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has stirred an unprecedented national conversation about the role of faith in public life. The President clearly intends to elevate the importance of religion in alleviating social ills. His strategy includes tax policies to boost donations to religious charities, reductions in regulations that hinder their work, and federal funding to faith-based groups previously excluded from government support. It is an agenda aimed at reversing decades of hostility to social programs rooted in religious belief. Most of the debate so far has focused on church-state questions raised by the President's plan. Liberals worry about religious influence in government, while some conservatives fear exactly the opposite. Both sides, however, are missing the real import of Bush's approach to religion and the public square. Not since Dwight D. Eisenhower has a president used the bully pulpit as aggressively to tout the importance of faith to democratic government. "Without God, there could be no American form of government," Eisenhower bluntly put it, "nor an American way of life." Eisenhower viewed faith as a bulwark against Communism abroad and corruption and materialism at home. It was at his urging that the words "under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Studies In The News: The Latest Issue This legislation would both require states to improve their election systems African American nurses were more likely than other respondents to say they http://www.library.ca.gov/SITN/2002/0222.htm
Extractions: Studies in the News California One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago April 1852 - "Edward F. Beale was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California in April 1852. Beale requested $500,000 for military reservations where both soldiers and Indians would reside. Congress appropriated $250,000 for five reservations, not to exceed 25,000 acres each, to be located on public lands, with good land, wood, and water." A History of American Indians in California April 1852 - "When a (federal) bill concerning funding for California's Indian problems was finally approved on 30 April 1852, it only contained money to establish a permanent Indian Agent for California and money to pacify the Indians until the treaties were passed by Congress..... These treaties drew heavy opposition from the state government in California. A state commission was assembled in 1852 to examine the treaties, and in its report to the state legislature, it recommended that Congress be notified of the 'great evils that would inevitably result to the people of California' if the treaties were ratified. " California and the Indian Wars Contents This Week Introductory Material CALIFORNIA READER Introduction to Studies in the News Studies in the News is a very current compilation of items significant to the Legislature and Governor's Office. It is created weekly by the State Library's Research Bureau to supplement the public policy debate in Californias Capitol. To help share the latest information with state policymakers, these reading lists are now being made accessible through the State Librarys website. This week's list of current articles in various public policy areas is presented below.
Studies In The News: The Latest Issue 31% Latino and 14% African American, the study found. Across the country, states adopted new legislation that emphasized outcomes for example, http://www.library.ca.gov/SITN/2003/0351.htm
Extractions: Studies in the News California One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago August 1853 - "Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to full captain on August 9, 1853. He was to report to Fort Humboldt, California. Military duties there included the protection of settlers from hostile Indians and holding prisoners. Off duty, he visited with friends, went to Eureka to play pool or cards, or wrote to his family. He was extremely lonely. The cost of living was too high to bring his family to the West Coast. His salary was inadequate. He was not well; he suffered from migraine headaches. " www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy930224.html August 1853 - "I very soon started to join my new command. There was no way of reaching Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. Red wood, a species of cedar, which on the Pacific coast takes the place filled by white pine in the East, then abounded on the banks of Humboldt Bay. There were extensive saw-mills engaged in preparing this lumber for the San Francisco market, and sailing vessels, used in getting it to market, furnished the only means of communication between Humboldt and the balance of the world.... Prices for all kinds of supplies were so high that at it would have been impossible for officers of the army to exist upon their pay. A cook could not be hired for the pay of a captain." www.sfmuseum.org/hist9/usgrant.html
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01186 That is lobbying for or against pending legislation, as well as indirect or grass Peer and Technical Reviews of Final Reports of Health studies ATSDR http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm
Extractions: The following list contains full descriptions of Program Announcement Additional Requirements. AR-1 Human Subjects Requirements If the proposed project involves research on human subjects, the applicant must comply with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Regulations (Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 46) regarding the protection of human research subjects, unless that research is exempt as specified in the regulation. All awardees of CDC grants and cooperative agreements and their performance sites engaged in research involving human subjects must obtain (1) an assurance of compliance with the Regulations, and (2) initial and continuing approval of the research by an appropriately constituted and registered institutional review board. In order to obtain a Federal wide Assurance (FWA) of Protection for Human Subjects, the applicant must complete an on-line application at the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) website or write to the OHRP for an application. Existing Multiple Project Assurances (MPAs) and Cooperative Project Assurances (CPAs) remain in full effect until they expire or until December 31, 2005, whichever comes first. Applicant institutions holding an MPA or CPA must submit an FWA application to OHRP for approval by December 31, 2005, if the institution is required to have an OHRP-approved assurance of compliance as of January 1, 2006. To obtain a FWA, contact the OHRP at:
