“GOP tax cuts would hammer California’s poor” by our Chair, Marcus Anthony Hunter

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UCLA Professor To School On The Sunken Place In ‘Get Out’ Inspired Course

This fall, Professor Tananarive Due will be providing UCLA students…

Building on the Black Radical Tradition: Jeneé Darden Interviews Gaye Theresa Johnson

Read Gaye Theresa Johnson's interview in support of her new book, The…

Message from the Chair

Welcome to UCLA’s Department of African American Studies.…

Darnell Hunt Appointed Dean of Social Sciences in the UCLA College

Darnell Hunt, a renowned scholar of race, media and culture,…

“On Losing Black Lives” by Safiya Umoja Noble

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Mark Q. Sawyer, Presente! (January 10, 1972 – March 26, 2017)

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Enroll Now- Summer Courses 2017

Enroll Now for Summer Courses 2017 Session A | June 26th - August…

David Stein “Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration”

Read "Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration" by Professor…

Shana Redmond “Refusing to Sing or Stand: The Anthem as an Opportunity for Resistance”

Read Shana Redmond’s inspiring and trenchant essay for Truthout…