Tag: African/Afro/Black Studies: Page 25

African-American

Southern Swamp Holds Clues About Runaway Slaves

The oppressive heat, venomous serpents and boot-snatching muck that made the Great Dismal Swamp a barrier to European settlement ever since colonial times also made it a haven for thousands of people escaping slavery before the Civil War.

July 6, 2011

Students

Journeys in America

With the summer travel season in full swing, it seems appropriate to highlight our selections that celebrate the beauty, variety and complexity of America and that explore the unique history of our land. Whether you plan to take a journey or just read about someone’s else’s, take some time to consider some enticing titles from our inventory for pleasure reading or for use in courses.

July 4, 2011

African-American

Perspectives: Think ‘Glocal’

Today’s students must mimic ancient scholars who traveled to centers of learning in distant regions to exchange ideas and encourage innovation.

June 19, 2011

African-American

Black Music Month: The Beat Goes On

On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be Black Music Month, and all the United States presidents since then have acknowledged the month-long observance.

June 5, 2011

African-American

Michigan State University Commemorates Half-Century Partnership With African Nations

Michigan State University’s African Studies Center celebrates its 50th anniversary, which now engages with more than 150 faculty specialists from 45 departments throughout the university, including nursing, medicine and engineering.

June 1, 2011

African-American

Work of Chinese American Activist Documented in New Book

Dr. Scott Kurashige spent more than 10 years collecting and editing activist Grace Lee Boggs’ speeches and newspaper articles into The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.

May 18, 2011

African-American

Global Forum: International Education Today To Prepare the Leaders of Tomorrow

Universities can no longer afford to allow students to graduate without an understanding of the global community.

April 24, 2011

African-American

PBS Series Explores Black Culture in Latin America

Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ “Black in Latin America” documentary series, spanning four episodes, was filmed in six Caribbean and Latin American countries.

April 18, 2011

African-American

Manning Marable Remembered as Public Intellectual and Activist

At the time of his death, Marable held the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professorship of African American Studies at Columbia University.

April 4, 2011

African-American

UMKC Professor Pearlie Johnson Uses Quilts to Teach Black History

Pearlie Johnson, a visiting assistant professor in the University of Missouri-Kansas City College of Arts and Sciences’ Black Studies Program, uses quilts from her private collection in class lectures.

March 8, 2011

African-American

Rare Anti-slavery Booklet Acquired by University of Virginia

The copy of abolitionist David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles; Together With a Preamble to the Coloured Citizens of the World, But in Particular, and Very Expressly to Those of the United States of America” is one of seven known to still exist.

March 6, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Political Scientist Karin Stanford Reborn As a Hip-Hop Scholar

Ten years after Dr. Karin Stanford gained notoriety for her relationship with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, she has rebuilt her life and the Black studies department she leads.

March 2, 2011