News
Britt Rusert Recognized by the American Studies Association
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Professor Rusert is a finalist for the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize for her first book, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture (New York...
Black Lives Matter and Music
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
In this collection of critical studies co-edited by Stephanie Shonekan, contributors draw from ethnographic research and personal encounters to illustrate how scholarly research of, approaches to,...
W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
The colorful charts, graphs, and maps presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition by famed sociologist and black rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois offered a view into the live...
Teach-in held in response to recent racist incidents at UMass
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Over 200 people gathered to hear two panels...
Bracey Receives James F. Hennessey Award
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The Springfield Branch NAACP presented the award to Professor Bracey at their Centennial Freedom Fund Banquet on Thursday, September 13th, 2018. The Hennessey Award is "the highest recognition...
We Need to Include Black Women's Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The national movement to address teh college rape crisis seldom reflects the complexities of gender, race, and class black women face at both predominantly white institutions and historically black...
