Professor Bryonn Bain’s “Lyrics from Lockdown” is a success!
Please join us in congratulating the success of Professor Bryonn Bain’s Lyrics from Lockdown three-day residence at the Kennedy Center.
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African American Studies Graduate, Christian D. Green gets elected into Neighborhood Council
Please join us as we celebrate one of our recent graduates of our MA program, Christian D. Green, being elected into the Westwood Neighborhood Council in last week’s election. Green will […]
Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson has been selected to represent UCLA as a participant in the 2019 UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
Please join us in congratulating Professor Johnson who will be joining a select group of 30 mid-career women made up of faculty, academic personnel, and staff from across the UC […]
Special congratulations to our own Kamil Oshundara on her new position with Jordan Peele’s, Moneypaw Productions!
Please join us in congratulating our own UCLA African American Studies student, Kamil Oshundara, on her newly created position at Jordan Peele’s, Monkeypaw Productions. We wish you absolute success and […]
Kelly Lytle Hernandez awarded 2018 Freedom Now Award
Please join us in congratulating Kelly Lytle Hernandez as her Million Dollar Hoods project has been awarded with this year’s 2018 Freedom Now Award from the Los Angeles Community Action […]
David Stein featured in The Intercept
David Stein is featured in a write up in The Intercept the past and future of struggles for guaranteed jobs featuring our chair Marcus Hunter’s research and authored an op-ed on Coretta Scott […]
Tananarive Due receives Octavia E. Butler Award
Tananarive Due is the recipient of the illustrious Octavia E. Butler Award from the National Conference of Black Writers for her continued and distinguished body of work.
Karida Brown receives Fullbright Award
Karida Brown is the recipient of the highly-coveted Fulbright Award in the Global Scholars program for her comparative international project on racial education segregation in the United States and South […]
“City of Inmates” wins James A. Rawley Prize
Kelly Lytle Hernandez’s book, City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771–1965 (University of North Carolina Press), is the recipient of the prestigious 2018 James […]
