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Dr. Julia Charles Featured on MSNBC Podcast Into America
Thursday, February 18, 2021
With Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Trymaine Lee...

Professor Parker Receives NEH Fellowship
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
AMHERST, Mass.—The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico....

UMass Amherst Launches Black Presence Initiative
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has launched a new Black Presence Initiative. The Initiative, spearheaded by the Office of Equity and Inclusion, is coordinating a series of...

Ximena Hurtado's Article in The Black Scholar
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Black Girl Bodies: Notes on the Legacy of Colonialism in South America and the Urgency of a Black Liberation Project for Black Girls (The Black Scholar, 50:4, 18-29)...