African-American studies

Many changes grew out of the protests, such as the establishment of the Afro-American Studies Department. “It's always been students' job to ... Their purpose was to force Howard to create a stronger emphasis on African-American studies and black history, arts and culture. “In 68', we were tired of Howard ...

E. Patrick Johnson, professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, will deliver the closing keynote address on Wednesday, April 11 based on his forthcoming two-volume project entitled Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women. Johnson has ...

Stepping up first to the podium was Brandon Terry, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies at Harvard University. Professors Brandon Terry (left), and Tommie Shelby have a discussion during the first panel of IAM2018. | Earchiel Johnson/PW. Pointing out the ...

“In my research, when I look at various social clubs and labor organizations in African-American life, you see a lot of distinctions,” says Claudrena Harold, a professor of African-American Studies and History at The University of Virginia. She says African-Americans created enclaves in the late 19th century ...

In “ 'Race' in the Age of Modern Genetics” (Sunday Review, March 25), David Reich does a disservice to the many scientists and scholars who have demonstrated the scientific flaws of considering “race” a biological category. This robust body of scholarship recognizes the existence of geographically ...

He pushed for the construction of a science center, tweaked the curriculum and played a leading role in establishing the Center for African-American Studies and recruited the school's first professor of African-American studies. “He took the opportunity to make statements about the kind of social justice we ...

A textbook has been picked for the district's new African-American studies course — but not everyone is a fan. “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,” by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald Yacovone, is being criticized by some for not starting with pre-slavery times. “Our history doesn't start here,” ...

Bridgeport became only the second school district in the country to require all students starting with the Class of 2022 to take a half-year course in African-American Studies, Caribbean/Latin-American Studies or Perspectives on Race to graduate. Philadelphia has required African-American history as a ...

A framed black-and-white photograph hangs in the Pettengill Hall office of Associate Professor of African American Studies Sue Houchins, a reminder of family and the power of education. Taken 80 years ago this month, on March 15, 1938, it depicts 20 African American leaders who comprised President ...

Cheryl Hopson, assistant professor of African-American Studies at WKU, is a self-proclaimed feminist and has been a professor on the college level for more than 19 years. Her draw to African-American culture and studies began just around when she began teaching, when she became inspired by stories ...

The event, which featured a conversation between Seales and Soyica Colbert, associate professor of African American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies, drew on Seales' experiences as a black woman in the entertainment industry to expose the challenges often faced by black women artists.

Well known for work as a community organizer, an independent journalist and a Puerto Rican independence activist, she is currently a doctoral student in the Afro-American studies department at UMass. She also recently attended the 2018 Golden Globe awards alongside actress and activist Susan ...

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, will deliver a lecture in 10 Sparks Building at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Taylor is the assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. She received her doctorate in African-American ...

OU's Department of African and African American Studies has been named after Clara Luper, a civil rights leader and one of the university's first black students. advertisement. OU President David Boren announced the naming of the department at a March 7 meeting of the Board of Regents. advertisement.

The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and ...

And directly before the firebombing, the denial of tenure for African American Studies Professor Jerry Watts sparked controversy around campus. The incident, for activists seeking racial justice on campus, embodied larger problems regarding the lack of African-American professors on campus and ...

We know how much weight our African-American Studies Department holds now, but what did it take to get there? Racial tensions were already shaky on Georgia State's campus back in 1992, after the infamous Rodney King case, but it was a trash can that pushed student activists to their breaking point.

UM also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the African American studies program. It is the third oldest black studies program in the country. The black student union co-sponsored the summit which was held in the University Center Ballroom. The summit was titled Civil Rights Today: The New Civil Rights ...

The African-American Studies Department, along with the Black Student Union, celebrated the program's 50-year anniversary with a week of events culminating with journalist and Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King speaking at the inaugural Black Solidarity Summit Sunday evening. Black Studies ...

... African American Studies at the College of Charleston, it was the Lowcountry's rich ties to the African-American community and heritage that drew her to join the faculty in fall 2017. Martin, who holds a bachelor's degree in English from Georgia Southern University, a master's in Afro-American Studies from ...

... African American Studies at the College of Charleston, it was the Lowcountry's rich ties to the African-American community and heritage that drew her to join the faculty in fall 2017. Martin, who holds a bachelor's degree in English from Georgia Southern University, a master's in Afro-American Studies from ...

LUBBOCK, TX - Texas Tech University professors have planned new courses that focus on African American culture to enhance their studies within the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. "It says that we are committed to diversity," Nathaniel Wright said. He's the first African-American male professor ...

Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern University, delivers a talk on "The Rights of Citizens: Black Professionals in Medicine and Law, 1895-1954" on Monday at the University of Montana. Hine has researched and written about ...

In December 1968, about 15 black students presented then-Ohio University President Vernon Alden with a list of demands, one of which would later lead to the creation of what is now the African-American Studies program. In their list, the students demanded the university create a curriculum run by black ...

Thomas DeFrantz is a professor in the department of African and African American studies at Duke University and the director of SLIPPAGE, a research and performance group at Duke that will present a conversation at the festival about the framing and appropriation of black art. The festival runs through ...

He received a bachelor's degree in English, African and African American studies at Duke University and a Ph.D. in Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He says his time spent at UMass Amherst “shaped the way” he reads and interprets literature and greatly informed his ...

NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma's Department of African American Studies now honors one of Oklahoma's most recognized civil rights leaders. Clara Luper will have her name forever attached to one of the university's newest academic departments. The OU Board of Regents approved the ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, will deliver a lecture titled “'Unsophisticated Buyers': Homeownership and the End of the Urban Crisis in the 1970s,” in 10 Sparks Building at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 15.

VALDOSTA — Dr. Calvin Walker, director of the African-American studies program at Valdosta State University, is wrapping up his final semester at the university after 33 years of employment. Before he retires in May, he has some final words for students and staff at VSU. “Thanks for allowing me to learn, ...