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A00003 - The Changing Demographics for Blacks at Amherst College (08/31/2010) [Including a Discussion with Ambassador Ulric Haynes

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    From: skipjen2865@aol.com To: uhaynesjr Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:45 PM Ulric,   I have been fighting this fight all my life and am not willing to give up now. There is too much at stake.  I encourage you to join in the discussion.  Your comments would carry more weight than mine.  However, please rest assured that this is an issue that I will be discussing for as long as there are people interested in discussing it, ... and perhaps even after they are not.   Once again, thanks.  Your words are encouraging and let me know that I am not off kilter with this.   Everett   -----Original Message----- From: Ulric Haynes Jr.  To: skipjen2865 <skipjen2865@aol.com> Sent: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 12:40 pm Subject: Re: [BlackAlumni] Amherst College Black Alumni Association Dear Everett, My experience with the current college administration and with Amherst President Tony Marx convinces me that, under its present leadership, Amherst ...
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A00002 - Response to Wayne (08/31/2010)

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    From: skipjen2865@aol.com To: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:12 AM Hi Wayne,   Good to hear from you.  While my Mom still resides in Victorville, I do not.  I have been a working municipal attorney in the City Attorney's Office in the City of Richmond, California, for the last 29 years, trying my best to directly address some of the social issues we talked about in college so many years ago.  I also have written six books (Pan-African Chronology (three volumes), The Muslim Diaspora (two volumes), and The Creation (one volume).  You remember the adage, "Think globally, act locally." Well, my job is the local part and my writing is the global part.    What led you to Mountain State?  Last time we communicated, I think you were at Drexel or Temple.    Anyway, I have to run.  It is a blast to hear from you.  Look forward to hearing from you again.   Everett -----Original Message----- From: Wayne  To: skipjen28...
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A00001 - Amherst College Black Alumni Association (08/30/2010) [The Advent of the Black Alumni Listserv]

Sent:  Monday, August 30, 2010 5:36 PM To:   BLACKALUMNI-L@LISTSERV.AMHERST.EDU Subject:  Re: [BlackAlumni] FW: [BlackAlumni] Amherst College Black Alumni Association   Steve,   As a member of the Class of 1975, I attended my 35th this past May and was quite glad I did. By my count, there were five African American brothers from the Class of 1975 in attendance and it was good to be able to reconnect with those faces from so long ago. However, what happened over the course of the weekend was not a focus on just the African American brotherhood but rather on the Amherst brotherhood (and, in one instance, sisterhood) that has evolved. The individuals that make up any particular class do share a common experience of having lived at Amherst at a particular time in history and at a particular time in their lives.  While we came to the college with disparate interests and backgrounds, when we graduated, we graduated with the...
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A00004 - Arlington Cemetery Was Once A Thriving Black Town (10/22/2010)

Arlington Cemetery was once site of a thriving black town LIBRARY OF CONGRESS A group of freedmen are pictured in "Freedman's Village," the black community built on land confiscated from Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 25, 2010 ARLINGTON Charter buses roll up to Arlington National Cemetery every day, depositing tourists who scramble uphill to see the eternal flame on President John F. Kenn...
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A00003 - The Longevity of African American Males (10/16/2010)

  Folks, The annual study on longevity recently came out and once again, African Americans, especially African American males, were at the bottom of the list with regards to longevity.  While we may not all be able to join Shelley on her marathon training. I do pray that all of you are doing what you can to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Please do stay active so that we can have our "heated" discussions and attend our reunions for many years to come. Peace, Everett Jenkins Class of 1975
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A00002 - The 500 Mile Club (10/15/2010)

  -----Original Message----- From: skipjen2865 < skipjen2865@aol.com > To: Sent: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 5:07 pm Subject: 500 Mile Club S,   The joints do not bend the way they did when I was 6'1" and weighed 125 pounds.  And the feet tend to remind me that my soaring days are gone while my skimming days are here.  However, I do try to walk 3 to 5 miles every day.  I commend you on your exercise regimen and would like to challenge all of us to become members of the 500 Mile Club, walking or running 500 miles in the upcoming new year.   Everett Jenkins Class of 1975
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A00001 - An Integrated BSU (10/01/2010)

  Rick, These days, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area.  There is a city called Oakland and in the city of Oakland there is a women's college called Mills College.  A few years ago, because of financial concerns, the board of trustees of Mills College decided that being a women's college was no longer viable and decided to become co-ed.  This decision sparked a firestorm of controversy.  The student body revolted against the idea of becoming co-ed, and so did the alumni.  For weeks, the news stories were replete with testimonials and scholarly pundits who came forward to tout the benefit of having an institution that was a single sex institution.  Much was said about the ability of the women at such a college to excel in science, math and leadership roles that they often found themselves unable to do at co-ed universities.  In essence, the women of Mills were advocating the superiority of their sexually segregated education and, in the end, they...
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