The Inaugural Mark Q. Sawyer Memorial Lecture in Racial and Ethnic Politics   Thursday, January 10, 2019 12:00-2:00PM at the Black Forum Room in Haines Hall 153

Please join us on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 in Haines Hall 153 as multi-media visual artist Verlena L. Johnson will discuss her artwork from the 1990s to the present.  

Please join us on Thursday, February 7th, 2019 at 1:30 for a talk with Paul Ortiz about his new book An African American and Latinx History of the United States.  

"The Nelson George Mixtape: Volume 1" Discussion with Nelson George and Scot Brown, Music by Greg Everett Thursday, February 21st, 2019 Dodd Hall 175 | 6:00pm-9:00pm 6:00pm-7:30pm Discussion; 7:30pm-8:30pm Reception & Book Signing Nelson George is an author, filmmaker and critic who specializes in celebrating African-American culture. His books include the award winning music histories […]

A Screening of New Documentary Film Horror Noire  produced by Tananarive Due Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 6:00pm-9:00pm Boelter Hall 3400 Click here for the Trailer

Life After Undergrad: Gap Year(s) Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 4:00pm-6:00pm Campbell Hall 1224 Not quite sure what your plans are after undergrad? Don't worry! AAP’s Graduate Mentoring and Research Programs is hosting a workshop on what to do in between undergrad/grad school. The event is Wed, February 27th, 4-6pm at Campbell Hall 1224. This event […]

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 Thomas Bradley International Hall, Room 300 | 12:00pm-3:00pm BLACK EXCELLENCE 2019 Celebrating & Networking with Successful Professionals Join the Career Center for our 2nd annual Black Excellence: Celebrating & Networking with Successful Professionals event on February 28th from 5pm-9pm in Bradley Hall. In honor of Black History Month and UCLA's Centennial, we […]

A talk by Dr. Roger Sneed: Afrofuturism as a way of Black people expressing their identity through speculative fictions is fairly new, and yet it is not new. We can trace the Black use of speculative fiction to articulate visions of Blackness and critique white supremacy back to W.E.B. DuBois’s 1920 short story “The Comet.” However, Afrofuturism has made a resurgence, due in part to the phenomenal success of Black Panther, ongoing interest in the work of Octavia Butler, and the rise of the “blerd” (a portmanteau of “black” and “nerd”). Today’s talk uses an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a focal point for investigating the intersections of Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought.

Please join us as we listen to Saidiya Hartman, Professor at Columbia University, discuss her new book "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments." Wayward Lives recreates the experience of young urban black women who desired an existence qualitatively different than the one that had been scripted for them.

Kamau Daáood and Mark de Clive-Lowe Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 7:00pm  Jan Popper Theater "I was taught that the concept of the local artist is a noble one. That to live and work in a community and to be known for that work, is very dignified." – Kamau Daáood Performance poet Kamau Daáood, widely acknowledged as […]