UCLA CELEBRATES NEA JAZZ MASTER RANDY WESTON’S 90TH BIRTHDAY WITH A FREE CONCERT Thursday, September 29th, 2016 7:00pm UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM, LENART AUDITORIUM THE YAMAHA CFX 9' CONCERT GRAND PROVIDED COURTESY OF KEYBOARD CONCEPTS IN SHERMAN OAKS. Co-Sponsored by The Friends of Jazz, Department of African American Studies, Gary B. Nash Chair, and Department of Music RSVP HERE
Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA presents 2016 Black Convocation at UCLA The Black Convocation is an annual event which welcomes new and returning students to the UCLA campus and makes them aware of the different organizations, departments, and resources available to serve them. In keeping with this year's theme--"A1DAY1"--the event will be an […]
Film screening of the Netflix Documentary, 13th and Panel Discussion hosted by the Af-Am188A course "Abolition" *pizza and refreshments to be served November 1st, 2016 at Bunche Hall 2209A 5:00pm-7:50pm
INCARCERATING THE CRISIS: FREEDOM STRUGGLES AND THE RISE OF THE NEOLIBERAL STATE JORDAN T. CAMP Monday, November 28th, 2016 12:00pm in the Black Forum Room; Haines Hall 153 BOOK TALK: The United States currently has the largest prison population on the planet. Drawing from his new book, Incarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal […]
Emancipation & Empire: Africa and the Project of Black Studies Black Forum at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA 153 Haines Hall Mondays, 12:00pm-2:00pm All workshops will be based on a pre-circulated paper. Hardcopies are available at the African Studies Center, the Department of African American Studies, and the Ralph […]
Praxis Center: An Online Resource Center for Radicals DR. LISA BROCK Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 12:00pm-2:00pm UCLA CNSI Auditorium Reception will follow with food & drinks Join Dr. Lisa Brock, founder and senior editor of Praxis Center, an online resource for scholars, activists and artists to teach, to learn and to deepen our analysis of […]
In Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844, Aisha Finch traces the emergence of a dynamic resistance movement of slaves and free people of color in nineteenth-century Cuba. Drawing from the largely unexplored testimonies in the Cuban National Archive, this book focuses attention on the hundreds of enslaved people who […]
FILM AT REDCAT PRESENTS The Murder of Fred Hampton: The Struggle Continues The landmark documentary The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971, 88 min.), by Howard Alk and Michael Gray, is a testament to Black activism and a chilling record of covert police and FBI actions. Begun to portray the activities of the Chicago branch of the […]
Free and open to the public! Co-sponsored by the UCLA African Studies Center, Office of the Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, the Dean of Social Sciences, the Department of African American Studies, the Department of History, and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
Melina Abdullah: Information, Access, Politics. A discussion brought to you by the UCLA Information studies department's diversity council. Closest parking available in Lot #3. Reception to follow in the GSE&IS Building 2nd Floor Grand Salon. Registration Required! Click here
