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article Racism Not Race

April 05, 2021

A Public Conversation with Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr. and Dr. Alan Goodman moderated by Professor Zaneta Thayer. Racism Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

article Lynnée Denise

March 30, 2021

Lynnée Denise, DJ, artist, scholar, writer will present the world of township funk, underground clubs and braai gatherings of South Africa. Her work has generated understanding of the social and political landscape that gave birth to house music as a regional sonic movement and its connection to Black American music, politics and culture.

article Police Violence: Global and Local Perspectives

March 29, 2021

This symposium of artists, activists, alumni, students & scholars, draws inspiration from UN resolution (43/1) calling for the "promotion & protection of the human rights & fundamental freedoms of Africans & of people of African descent against excessive use of force & other human rights violations by law enforcement officers."...

article Mothers of the Movement

March 02, 2021

Professor Vaughn Booker has article published in Religions, Evangelicalism: New Directions in Scholarship. "Mothers of the Movement: Evangelicalism and Religious Experience in Black Women's Activism" refocuses the narrative of American Evangelicalism and politics around Black women's narratives of religious experience, expression, mourning, and activism.