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Du Bois Department Welcomes Its New Chair, Stephanie Shonekan
Before joining the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stephanie Shonekan served as Chair of the Department of Black Studies at the University of Missouri (Mizzou), Columbia, where she held a joint appointment in Black Studies and
Forty Years After: Chinua Achebe and Africa in the Global Imagination
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
On February 18, 1975, the great African writer Chinua Achebe presented a Chancellor’s Lecture at the University of Massachusetts, entitled ‘An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness....
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Professor Steve Tracy to be Inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is pleased to announce that Steve Tracy of Amherst, MA will be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for...
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Professor Manisha Sinha’s Work Among ‘Ten Books on Slavery You Need to Read’
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, by Manisha Sinha, professor of Afro-American studies, has been chosen by Harvard historian Sven Beckert as one...
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Spotlight Scholar: Afro-American Studies Professor John Bracey
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Few scholars can boast the academic pedigree of Afro-American Studies professor and chair John Bracey. His family comprises four generations of teachers. Bracey’s grandparents were teachers and his...
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