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Three New African-American Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is America's most prestigious honorary society. The academy was established in 1779. This was more than 80 years prior to Emancipation. From the time of its founding, and for at least a century afterwards, no blacks were admitted as fellows. Today, 226 years later, it appears that of the academy's 4,000 fellows, 67, or about 1.7 percent, are black.
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; The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is America's most prestigious honorary society. The academy was established in 1779. This was more than 80 years prior to Emancipation. From the time of its founding, and for at least a century afterwards, no blacks were admitted as fellows. Today, 226
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Seven African Americans Elected Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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; Established in 1780 by John Adams, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is America's most prestigious honorary society. From the time of its founding, and for at least a century afterwards, no blacks were admitted as fellows. Today, 227 years later, it appears that of the academy's 4,000
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Large Group of Blacks Inducted Into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Four of the New Black Fellows Are Academics
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; Established in 1779, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is America's most prestigious honorary society. From the time of its founding, and for at least a century afterwards, no blacks were admitted as fellows. Today, 227 years later, it appears that of the academy's 4,000 fellows, 73, or
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New members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters inducted
The American Music Teacher
; Honors in art, architecture, literature and music were presented on May 21, 1997, at the annual award and induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The 1997 Gold Medal for Music-the Academy's highest honor-was awarded to Gunther Schuller. Schuller has fashioned a musical
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News and Views; Three New African-American Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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; The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the most distinguished associations of scholars and dignitaries in the United States. But throughout much of its history the academy was an all-white organization. Even today, finding a black face among the society's 4,000 members is a difficult
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Greater Rochester Assn. for Women Attys. hosts new members reception at Nixon Peabody
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Asian to give tax breaks to four new members, BUSINESS TIMES
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; Fadzil Ghazali in Siemreap Business Times (Malaysia) 05-04-2001 SIEMREAP, Thurs: The original six countries of the Association of South- East Asian Nations (Asian) are in favor of giving tax breaks to its four new members to allow better integration of the grouping. An Asian official said the tax
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News: Pensions Regulator to encourage schemes to reopen to new members.
Pensions Week
; The Pensions Regulator will look favourably on final salary schemes that reopen to new members, according to David Willetts MP, shadow secretary of state for work and pensions. Many final salary schemes have closed to new members in an effort to reduce pension costs but, in a meeting with Willetts,
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News and Views: Black Members of the American Academy of Arts and
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; Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The 03-31-1997 News and Views: Black Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Throughout our nation's history, African Americans have made ...
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132 New Members Recruited By Members in 2007!
AAACN Viewpoint
; Members were busy in 2007 informing colleagues of the benefits of membership in AAACN. During the Member-get-a-Member campaign, which ran from April 1 to December 31, 2007,132 new members were recruited by members. To qualify, new members needed to write the name of who recruited them on their
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