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THE DIGITAL DIVIDE is a term that was coined when policy makers realized that race, gender, and ethnic origin were shaping access to the Information Highway .

To address this disparity, during the past decade many public and private initiatives have been launched to increase hardware and software access for women and people of color. There has simultaneously been an upsurge of Websites, some appropriate for academic use, and others with little or no factual base. Worldwide concerns about quality consequently led to the development of standards for evaluating the value of digital resources, but these guidelines have often bypassed black communities, especially as they pertain to information about people of African descent.

In consideration of this “second phase” of the DIGITAL DIVIDE, Pi Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and The TCNJ Department of African American Studies are partnering with the Willingboro Public Library to increase public awareness of digital resources available for the study of African and Diaspora people. These programs are funded by grants awarded by the National Council for Black Studies and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation

Six programs on Brown v. BOE, Blacks in Europe , African and Diaspora Foodways, Black Women Writers, African American History and Black Art will explore new knowledge that helps bridge the DIGITAL DIVIDE while celebrating the research, creativity resourcefulness and scholarship that has resulted in the plethora of new digital resources featured in this series.