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
As part of the series Emancipation & Empire: Africa and the Project of Black Studies, the Department of African American Studies at UCLA presents Diasporic Dreams, African Nation-State Realities Rastafarian Repatriation to Tanzania Monique Bedasse Departments of History and African American Studies Washington University in St. Louis Respondent: Marcus Anthony Hunter, Sociology and African American […]
In Celebration of Professor Uri McMillan’s multiple award-winning book Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art & Performance Featuring Guest Speakers: Amber Musser, Washington University Jessica Johnson, Johns Hopkins Patrick Anderson, UC, Irvine Josh Chambers-Letson, Northwestern University Roy Perez, Willamette University Jayna Brown, UC, Riverside
Screening will be followed by a Discussion with Dr. Sonia Sanchez + Book Signing and Reception. All are Welcome!
A fusion of traditional musical theatre, hip-hop, and spoken-word poetics, this "spokenwordical" is inspired by the 1975 musical The Wiz. What It Iz is a journey of self-discovery from the birth of hip-hop through the social and political corruption that fuels the current incarceration epidemic. Poignant and humorous, mesmerizing and musical, come see What It […]
Monday, April 10th, 2017 11:30pm-1:00pm UCLA Royce Hall The UCLA Academic Advancement Program Proudly Presents The 5th Annual Winston C. Doby Distinguished Lecture featuring THE HONORABLE JOHN LEWIS United States House of Representatives Tickets are free of charge Available from the UCLA Central Ticket Office in person or by phone (310) 825-2101 Click Here for […]
Obsesion- Cuban Hip Hop DuoIn Residence at UCLA Wednesday-Thursday, April 12-13 Wednesday, April 12, 3-5 p.m Cuban Hip Hop: Desde el principio Schoenberg Music Building, Room 1100 (Schoenberg Auditorium) Documentary screening followed by a Q&A with Obsesion and filmmaker Vanessa Díaz (Visiting researcher at Chicano Studies Research Center) Co-sponsor: Department of Ethnomusicology Thursday, April 13, 5-7 […]
