Afro-American Studies

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The 16 greatest concerts of all time at UMass 

Fall 2024
An Illustration of four types of snails in an old textbook style

Honoring researchers, activists, innovators, and more

Fall 2023
Colorful mural of a man with an afro.

Honoring a professor, activist, and artist who fought for civil rights, a hard-working Boston Globe journalist, and more

Fall 2022
A PVTA bus labeled “Electric Bus” is seen driving away, with illustrated lightning bolts around it.

Running on renewables
Mapping ‘Black Presence’
Engineering a better world

Spring 2022
Detail from black and white photo portrait shows the eyes and part of the face of Jules Chametzky.

Remembering a generous co-worker, a trailblazing pathologist, and more

Fall 2021
Black and white headshots of interviewees are shown surrounded by small images of objects from their individual stories.

Change. How do we make it happen—or cope with it when it happens to us?

Summer 2021
Branded truck driving to deliver food.

Radical Hospitality
An Impact on Implants
50 Years of Consciousness

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Black Mass Communications Project members at the Du Bois Homesite 20th anniversary celebration

UMass archivists shine a light on the past

Spring 2018
W.E.B DuBois

The example of W.E.B. Du Bois, born 150 years ago, is powerfully timeless.