Booker will be discussing Henry Louis Gates' new PBS documentary series, "The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song," which traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America.

In November, Alex Blue, AAAS Thurgood Marshall Fellow, successfully defended his dissertation (virtually) at UC Santa Barbara and became a Doctor of Ethnomusicology. His dissertation is titled: A Matter of Death and Life: Necrographies of Hip-Hop in Contemporary Detroit.

Professor of Theater and RMS Faculty Associate Monica White Ndounou's production of "Pass Over" one of the top ten Boston productions of 2020

Professors Ayo Coly, COLT and AAAS, and Iyabo Kwayana, Film and Media Studies, are moderating a roundtable on "Narrating Black Futures: A Conversation between Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahui, and Dayo Ogunyemi."

MLK Speed Stories with Professor Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch. Co-sponsored by the Tucker Center, Shabazz, OPAL, Black Legacy Month, LLCs and Sustainability. January 31, 6 to 7 p.m.

2021 MLK Multifaith Celebration. "Why Believe? Hope and Action through Art and Spirituality" Sunday, January 24 at 3 p.m. EST. Keynote speaker: Dr.Tricia Rose.

Collective Freedom Dreaming. A radical embodied dialogue to imagine shared liberation.

Dr. Shamell Bell's #BlackLivesMatter class will host a community gathering centered in joy, love, and liberation. At the event, on-the-ground activists will join students and community members to celebrate the students' work and collectively move their work forward.

Marvin Chochotte, Mellon Faculty Fellow/Assistant Professor, received honorable mention for the Jack Goody Award. The award is granted by the leading history journal, Comparative Studies in Society and History (CSSH), to the article that best represents the mission of the journal in a given volume.

Professor Vaughn A. Booker has a new article published in Faithfully Magazine. "Prosperity Meets the Poor: the Mission of Charleszetta 'Mother' Waddles in Urban America" examining the life, theology and work of Charleszetta Waddles in 1970's Detroit.