The 2015 Peabody Smithgall Lecture - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Read more about The 2015 Peabody Smithgall Lecture - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Who Can Afford To Improvise? James Baldwin and Black Music.... James Baldwin's Letters to his Brother Dr. Ed Pavlic Read more about Who Can Afford To Improvise? James Baldwin and Black Music....
I Am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up - How One Case Changed a Nation and Ignited the World Read more about I Am Trayvon Martin: Hoodies Up - How One Case Changed a Nation and Ignited the World
AFAM 2000 Introduction to African American Studies This course is an overview of black life and culture in the U.S., past and present. Our approach is interdisciplinary and we spend our semester exploring fundamental questions about identity and social conditions across time and space. Who are African Americans? What have been their defining experiences in the U.S.A.? What do these experiences teach us about how African Americans have shaped this country and been shaped by it? We start from the assumption that racial identity is not created in isolation. Racial identity is formed and operates at the intersection of other core identities such as gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class. While we acknowledge "oppression" and "resistance" as central themes of African American existence, we aim to look at the particulars--the nuances of race realities--that make it difficult for us to talk about a singular African American experience and, hence, a single, all-encompassing solution to various social problems. This course will show that there is certainly more than one African American experience. Read more about AFAM 2000 Level: Undergraduate Course Information File: Courses offered Summer 2015.pdf (177.51 KB)
The Stoop: An Evening of Spoken Word & Art Read more about The Stoop: An Evening of Spoken Word & Art
My Hair Isn't Like Yours: Workplace Natural Hair Discrimination Read more about My Hair Isn't Like Yours: Workplace Natural Hair Discrimination
A lesson Before Dying February 3-8 at 8PM with a 2:30 matinee February 8. Read more about A lesson Before Dying