James Baldwin Review is proud to announce the publication of its seventh volume. James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer‐reviewed critical essays and creative non-fiction on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. Extending discussion of Baldwin’s writing and its impacts beyond academia is one of the core aims of JBR.

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The Michigan State University African Atlantic Research Team (AART) cordially invites you to attend our virtual Symposium, October 15, 2021. The Symposium’s conceptual theme is: “Opacity, Transcendence and Tradition in African Diaspora Religion of the Americas: Horizons of Knowing”. Confirmed presenters include David Carrasco, Harvard University; J. Lorand Matory, Duke University; James H.

The UA Department of Gender and Race Studies presents Dr. Ed Pavlic on Adrienne Rich & the Radical Imagination. Author of twelve books, Ed Pavlic is Distinguished Research Professor of English and African American Studies. Join this talk for a discussion of his most recent book, Outward: Adrienne Rich's Expanding Solitudes. Email Amber.Lovell@ua.edu for Zoom registration information. 

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) Provosts have established an emerging scholars program to provide professional development and networking opportunities for current doctoral students and a limited number of postdoctoral researchers who are considering careers in higher education.

“Forms of Black Power in Stamped : From the March on Washington to the Juneteenth National Holiday and beyond: plotting the new road ahead"

Join Georgia trailblazer and namesake of the Mary Frances Early College of Education on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 to celebrate the launch of her memoir The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia. A live conversation about the book with Ms. Early (MMED '62, EDS '67) will be led by UGA Women's Head Basketball Coach, Joni Taylor.

The event will be live-streamed and attendees will be able to submit questions to be answered live. The viewing link will be provided via email to all registrants 24 hours before the event.

Constitution Day: “On Juneteenth: History, Memory, the Present and the Future”

Book club participants will read Hood Feminism Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall. Franklin Residential College, the Institute for African American Studies, and the Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors department will purchase some books for distribution.