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See more newsWEBINAR: Vice President Kamala Harris & Black Women’s Politics in the 2024 Presidential Election
WEBINAR: Vice President Kamala Harris & Black Women’s Politics in the 2024 Presidential Election
September 25, 2024
HFA to Celebrate 100th Birthday of Legendary Jazz Drummer and Former Faculty Member Max Roach
The HFA departments of Afro-American Studies and Music & Dance, as well as the Fine Arts Center, will collaborate to present concerts and presentations in October 2024 in celebration of the 100th birthday of Max Roach, legendary jazz drummer, activist, and one of the first jazz musicians to teach
October 1, 2024
Du Bois Department Faculty Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant!
Du Bois Department Faculty Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant!: A research team consisting of Prof. Toussaint Losier (PI), Prof. Yemisi Jimoh (Co-PI), Prof. Covington-Ward (Co-PI), and Prof. Keisha Green (K-12 Educator, Assoc. Professor in the College of Education) has been awarded
September 12, 2024
SPOTLIGHT ALUM
I never really learned about Black Studies or anything like that in high school, or at any point really in my educational experience. So I thought a lot of the information was very enlightening and good to learn about, and talk about with other people who are like-minded.
Chayanne Chataigne
2021
President of the Black Mass Communication Project (BMCP)
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