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DETROIT 48202: Conversations Along A Postal Route

Monday, May 20, 2019

This is a must see PBS Documentary: DETROIT 48202: CONVERSATIONS ALONG A POSTAL ROUTE explores the rise, demise and contested resurgence of the "motor city" through a multi-generational choir of...

Spotlight Scholar - Professor Britt Rusert

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Fugitive Science...

Professor Traci Parker Joins W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Fellows at Harvard University

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Traci Parker joins the seventh class of W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Fellows at Harvard University. She will be in residence during the 2019-2020 academic year, working on her second book, Beyond...

Two Du Bois Department Seniors win Alumni Association Senior Leadership Award

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Two AfroAm majors, Ethan Bakuli and Ashley Everson, have been honored with Senior Leadership Awards from the UMass Amherst Alumni Association. These competitive awards recognize graduating seniors...

WABE: Du Bois' Data Portraits

Monday, March 11, 2019

Tell A Story About Black Life In Georgia And Beyond with Professors Whitney Battle-Baptiste and Britt Rusert Listen on WABE!

Josephus Olufemi "Femi" Richards, Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Josephus Olufemi “Femi” Richards, professor emeritus of Afro-American studies, died on Sunday, Feb. 3....