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Shamara Wyllie Alhassan
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webteam2023-04-18 20:23:212024-09-26 14:16:20Black Women and da ’Rona Community, Consciousness, and Ethics of CareWalter Allen
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webteam2005-05-01 08:06:572024-09-26 14:18:13High Education in a Global Society
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webteam2002-07-02 08:15:042024-09-26 14:19:41African American EducationBryonn Bain
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webteam2022-04-22 22:33:252024-09-24 22:37:14Rebel Speak
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webteam2013-06-30 08:17:592024-09-25 08:20:48The Ugly Side of BeautifulAdam Bradley
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webteam2017-03-28 21:11:592024-09-25 21:14:51The Poetry of Pop
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webteam2011-09-13 08:24:312024-09-25 08:28:38The Anthology of RapScot Brown
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webteam2016-02-11 21:22:492024-09-25 21:27:12Discourse of African Studies
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webteam2005-03-01 21:15:262024-09-25 21:20:10Fighting for UsTananarive Due
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webteam2023-10-31 21:26:322024-09-24 22:10:12The Reformatory: A Novel
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webteam2003-12-30 21:28:012024-09-26 14:22:04Freedom in the FamilyLorrie Frasure
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webteam2015-12-11 21:31:492024-09-25 21:35:41Racial and Ethnic Politics in American SuburbsYogita Goyal
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webteam2023-12-21 21:43:142024-09-25 21:48:20The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary African American Literature
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webteam2019-10-29 21:35:472024-09-25 21:39:54Runaway GenresKelly Lytle Hernández
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webteam2022-05-10 21:54:022024-09-25 21:58:28Bad Mexicans
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webteam2017-04-10 21:48:442024-09-25 21:53:31City of InmatesTyrone C. Howard
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webteam2020-01-03 22:47:152024-09-25 22:53:08Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
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webteam2016-05-27 22:39:072024-09-25 22:45:48Expanding College Access for Urban YouthDarnell Hunt
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webteam2010-04-29 22:58:402024-09-26 14:24:10Black Los Angeles
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webteam2004-12-23 22:53:432024-09-25 22:56:37Channeling BlacknessMarcus Anthony Hunter
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webteam2024-02-06 22:13:232024-09-25 00:44:19Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of A Nation
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webteam2018-01-16 00:29:242024-09-26 14:24:47Chocolate Cities The Black Map of American LifeRalina L. Joseph
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afamstaff2025-08-27 13:17:352025-08-27 13:33:14Racial Exhaustion: How to Move Through Racism in the Wake of DEI
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afamstaff2018-10-09 13:34:512025-08-27 13:41:58Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity
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afamstaff2002-11-16 13:42:142025-08-27 13:48:35Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional MultiracialTerence Keel
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afamstaff2026-02-18 15:38:132026-02-18 15:39:18The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence
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webteam2018-01-09 13:33:182024-09-26 13:40:19Divine VariationsCheryl L. Keyes
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webteam2004-01-01 13:41:542024-09-26 13:45:07Rap Music and Street ConsciousnessKyle Mays
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webteam2022-11-15 22:46:062024-09-24 22:52:09An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States
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webteam2022-05-24 13:46:172024-09-26 13:51:52City of DispossessionsUri McMillan
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webteam2015-11-04 13:54:182024-09-26 13:57:50Embodied AvatarsAlesia Montgomery
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webteam2020-08-25 13:58:252024-09-26 14:06:00Greening the Black Urban RegimeSafiya Umoja Noble
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webteam2018-02-20 00:45:222024-09-25 00:50:01Algorithms of OppressionSobukwe Odinga
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webteam2023-04-21 06:40:582024-09-24 22:41:36What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast?
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webteam2015-09-01 14:08:372024-09-26 14:12:23The Contested Murder of Latasha HarlinsCaroline Streeter
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webteam2012-12-14 05:46:382024-09-24 22:42:03Tragic No More: Mixed Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and CelebrityPatricia Turner
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webteam2022-09-06 05:04:472024-09-24 22:42:37Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century
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webteam2009-01-03 05:19:402024-09-24 22:42:51Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American QuiltersJonli Tunstall
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Apply to Teach for America by Dec. 3rd!
/News by afamstaffTeach For America – Apply by December 3rd, 2021
Are you a junior or senior interested in challenging yourself in an impact-driven career? Putting your talents to work to disrupt inequity and create opportunity? Passionate about dismantling systems of oppression and interested in making an immediate impact after graduation? By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a network of leaders shaping the political, economic, and social future of our country.
Teach For America is looking for passionate and diverse leaders eager to make an immediate impact with youth in marginalized communities. Their upcoming application deadline, Friday, December 3rd, 2021 is one of the final deadlines for applicants to be placed in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Texas or our Washington state regions.
Interested in learning more? Join us this week at a virtual Application Workshop:
Can’t make it but want more information? Reach out to Sarah Carpenter at sarah.carpenter@teachforamerica.org for additional information.
Professor Mays Talks About His New Book on Black News Tonight with Marc Lamont Hill!
/News by afamstaffProfessor of Afro-Indigenous history at UCLA Kyle T. Mays, published his new book An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States this past week on November 16th! His book focuses on topics of black and indigenous struggle, the history of colonialism, and their parallels with present-day challenges.
In light of November being National Indigenous History Month, and the timely release of his new book, Professor Mays’ was featured on BNC News’ Black News Tonight with host Marc Lamont Hill!
Enjoy the clip below to watch Professor Mays and Marc Lamont Hill discuss Mays’ book and the Afro-Indigenous experience!
Click here to purchase Professor Mays’ book or read more about it.
Click here to read a UCLA Newsroom article about the book’s release.
The CPO is Offering their 6th Annual Turkey Day Food Box Giveaway!!
/News by afamstaffThe Community Programs Office is offering its 6th annual Turkey Day Food box Distribution. The box will include a turkey and the ingredients for a full Turkey Day dinner for 6-9 people. Any member of the UCLA community (undergraduate, graduate, professional students, staff, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and retirees) is eligible!
The distribution will take place adjacent to the Student Activities Center (SAC) on Thursday, November 18 from noon to 6pm. The application for the Turkey box can be found here: cpo.ucla.edu/turkeybox.
Please encourage those in need to sign up as soon as possible!