AFAM Undergraduate Spotlight: Diego Palko reflects on his Spring 2024 CURO Presentation

Mr. Diego Palko at CURO Symposium April 2024

IAAS major, Diego Palko, presented a poster in the 2024 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium, which highlights the work of UGA students and presents an opportunity for them to communicate their research to a broader community. Mr. Palko’s poster, “The Evolution of R&B and Themes Presented in the Genre: A Literary and Sonic Analysis,” presented information on the roots of R&B and on its evolution as a sonic and literary genre, engaging themes of Blackness, sexuality and love, and Black womanhood.

Linnentown, The Musical at The Classic Center

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 3:00 p.m.

The Classic Center Theatre

In a groundbreaking tribute to Athens history, the captivating local production Linnentown - The Musical is set to take center stage in April 2024. Written by Hattie Thomas Whitehead, author of "Giving Voice to Linnentown," the musical depicts a historically significant African American community in Athens, Georgia, in the 1960s that was erased due to urban renewal. 

AFAM Grad Student Spotlights: BRAVE Mini-Grant Awards!

But Some of Us Are Brave Book Cover

Gathered by: Chera Jo Watts

Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the publication of All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave, an anthology that solidified Black Women's Studies as a field of inquiry centering the voices, experiences, and intellectual contributions of Black women. The book was co-edited by UGA emeritus professor, Dr. Patricia Bell-Scott.

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