ABSTRACT
The initiative of the AERA Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) to call together senior researchers and graduate students of African descent in order to identify priorities in Black education research, teaching, andmilitant activities, is very relevant not only forAfricanAmericans but also for Black people all over the world. This was certainly the understanding of the organizers of the Online Research Training Institute, a professional development experience organized for graduate students, in which I also participated as a visiting Faculty Mentor (Jegna) in the CORIBE Professional Development and Training Mini-course (AERA annual meeting, New Orleans, April 24, 2000).1 My contribution
to the CORIBE initiative also included reviewing and discussing the commissioned research presented in this volume and preparing this commentary.
