Look Back and Wonder: The Rise of Black Studies at UMass Amherst
Entertaining and insightful interviews and archival footage bring to life the debates, achievements, and inner life of a department that has included such public intellectuals as Shirley Graham Du Bois, Chinua Achebe, and James Baldwin, and world-class musicians and cultural icons such as Archie Shepp and Max Roach.
Co-sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMass Amherst. Introduced by Catherine Portuges, Comparative Literature/Film Studies, UMass Amherst.
Ernest Allen, Jr. will be present for discussion.