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  • Social & Career Wednesday

    African American Studies Department Lounge Rolfe Hall 1322

    Join us to hear from different faculty, alumni & staff about life after UCLA!

  • UC Regents’ Lecturer: Ivy McGregor “Four-Squared™: Unlocking Systemic Change Through Radical Collaboration”

    The California NanoSystems Institute UCLA 570 Westwood Plaza,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Lecturer: Ivy McGregor Global Strategist, Impact Architect, and Transformational Social Change Leader About the Speaker Ivy McGregor is considered one of the most respected voices in Generation NOW innovative strategic impact. With over 25 years of experience in cutting-edge business strategies, Ms. McGregor is a reservoir of knowledge, and a leading transformative collaborator within the […]

  • Funkentelechy: Langston Hughes’ Blues Vision in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners—Toward a Kinetic Aesthetic

    Lani Hall 445 Charles E. Young Dr East 2520 Schoenberg Music Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    This talk will highlight the ways in which Langston Hughes and Ryan Coogler represent and exemplify salient elements of the blues ethos, while doing so nearly a century apart in nonmusical mediums. Central in this regard are the comparatively high degrees of significance that Hughes and Coogler attribute to dancing in blues aesthetics. Additional focus […]

  • BOOK EVENT: The Coroner’s Silence w/ Terence Keel & Cerise Castle

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence with author Terence Keel & moderator Cerise Castle. WHEN: Doors at 6:30pm, event promptly at 7pm. WHERE: Reparations Club, 3054 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016 HOW: TICKET w/ BOOK: This ticket guarantees a seat including a signed book available for pick up […]

    Free – $39.40

  • LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN

    Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 6067 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California

    The internationally-acclaimed, multimedia theatrical event returns to LA for a one-night-only performance! Created by Tony Award–nominated theater maker, activist and author Bryonn Bain, LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN brings to life the humor, heartbreak and resilience of those impacted by mass incarceration, through hip-hop theater, spoken word poetry, comedy, calypso, classical, blues, breathtaking visuals and music. The performance will be […]

  • Beyond the Clinic, Beyond the Classroom: Black Families Rewriting Possibility in Autism Care

    Black Forum 153 Haines Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Please join us for an upcoming research talk by Dr. Stephanie Keeney Parks, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African American Studies   *Lunch will be provided. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged; a Zoom option will be available for those unable to join us in-person.*

  • When We Free the World: Film Screening & Discussion

    Broad Art Center, Room 2160E 240 Charles E. Young Drive, North Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Description:  The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies invites you to the Los Angeles screening of When We Free The World  on Friday, April 25, 2025! Doors Open: 5:30pm, Screening Begins: 6:30pm Join us for a screening of When We Free The World, anew documentary film on Black manhood in America. The screening […]

  • SINNERS: A Film Screening

    Lani Hall 445 Charles E. Young Dr East 2520 Schoenberg Music Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join us for a special screening of Sinners, preceded by an intimate mini-panel on the rich, chilling history of Black Horror. From the shadows of the past to the hauntings of the present, we’re diving deep into the metaphors behind the monsters.

  • Afro-Indigenous Solidarity & the Power of Music

    UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center—Optimist Room 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Hosts: Moderated & Co-Hosted by Professor Kyle T. Mays (UCLA) Co-Hosted by Author & Professor, Bryce Henson (Texas A&M University) Featuring Guest Speakers: Bassist, Singer, & Composer, Esperanza Spalding Vocalist, Actor, Activist, & Educator, Julia Keefe Event Description: In times of increased state violence, the arts and creative expression are needed more than ever. This […]

  • FILM SCREENING: The Cry Of Jazz

    Kaplan Hall 193 Kaplan Hall 193, Los Angeles, CA

    This documentary by Edward Bland frames jazz as a profound structural mirror of African American history. By interweaving scenes of urban life with intellectual debate, the film critiques the superficial appropriation of the art form and asserts that jazz is inseparable from its racial and cultural origins.