“War Against All Puerto Ricans” by Nelson Denis
The talk is titled "War Against All Puerto Ricans." Nelson Denis, the author of the new book War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony, will be discussing his book, […]
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Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence
We are very excited to invite you to our upcoming Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence, on October 16th and 17th at UCLA School of […]
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Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
In a revelatory testament of what it means to be black in America today, this timely new memoir solidifies Coates as one of today’s most important writers on the subject […]
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Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz”
A multimedia performance of Langston Hughes' "Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz" comes to the UCLA Faculty Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5-8 p.m. A reading of the poem will […]
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The 40th National Council for Black Studies Conference Call for Papers
All abstracts must be submitted online no later than January 15, 2016. On the heels of the establishment of the first generation of Black Studies departments and programs across the United […]
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Open Poetry Slam
First 20 poets to sign up (Sign up: 5-6pm) Top 10 to be invited to return to compete for $500 in cash prizes at the main event * Book donations […]
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“Urban Removal: Police, Prisons, and Domestic Policy after Civil Rights” by Elizabeth Hinton
Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of History at Harvard University. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty […]
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“A Latin American Multicultural State at Work: Anti-Black Racism and the Fate of the Caricature of an Afro-Ecuadorian Congressman” by Jean Muteba Rahier
See attached flyer for more information.
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“How Structural Racism Works” by Tricia Rose
This lecture introduces Rose's in-progress research, video and public engagement project. In it, Rose argues that five key drivers of structural racism—housing, criminal justice, education, wealth and media—form a flexible, highly […]
