Diverse Issues in Higher Education May 23, 2012 Brown University Names First Director for Slavery Center Dr. Anthony Bogues (bohgz) will serve as the inaugural director of the center. He is a professor of Africana Studies at the Ivy League school and a visiting professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. The announcement was made Tuesday by Kevin McLaughlin, the dean of the faculty. The university launched the center after a recommendation from a committee created by outgoing President Ruth Simmons to investigate Brown's historical ties to slavery. Simmons calls the creation of the center and the naming of its first director "crucially important steps" in the future of academic work in the fields of human rights and justice. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.