11.   The black scholars whom Gore invited have steadily grown in stature in academic circles and beyond.

12.   The universities, in turn, used black studies departments as instruments of integration, which troubles some black scholars.

13.   There also is a pecking order in academia that limits the exposure of many Black scholars.

14.   They said the book, a critically acclaimed story by a black scholar, was racist.

15.   This is a prominent idea among black biblical scholars and in the African American Jubilee Edition Bible.

16.   Two nationally known black legal scholars were separated by more than a generation but connected by a shared view of the world.

17.   And while such studies are dominated by black scholars in America, the researchers in Europe are nearly all white.

18.   Some noted black scholars at Harvard University are considering leaving over a rift with new Harvard President Lawrence Summers, according to published reports.