Shana Redmond, Professor of African American Studies and Musicology elected ASA President!

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UCLA Arts staff member, Verlena Johnson, recognized for her art on “Blackness”

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AFAM Professor Scot Brown featured in USA Today!

We are proud to announce that one of our incredible Associate…

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Economists, Advocates Unveil Historic Federal Job Guarantee Resolution

We are proud to announce that our UC President's Post Doctoral…

Professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez and the Million Dollar Hoods Project Win Mellon Grant

It is with great exuberance that we announce that the Million…

Bunch Fellows Program: Information Sessions

Join us February 2nd at 4:00pm and February 17th at 6:00pm…

Festivals in the City of Angels: Kwanzaa in Leimert Park Village

The UCLA’s Department of African American Studies, in partnership…

Dr. Scot Brown Quoted in O Magazine

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Dissertation Fellowship opportunity available to graduate students.

The Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the…