As a means to engage with the nation’s racial past and its present-day relevance, UTC’s Africana Studies program and Department of History invite students, faculty, and the wider campus community to join a funded day trip to Montgomery’s National Memorial for Peace & Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration.
Agents of Change: Documentary Screening and Discussion on 9/26
Are you interested in learning about social movements, intersections of race and education, and the production of social documentaries? Join a screening and discussion of Agents of Change on September 26 at 5pm in the Multicultural Center, 3rd Floor, University Center. Film director and producer Abby Ginzberg will talk via Skype about producing the documentary and the history of the first Black Studies programs in the United States.
Africana Studies Updates
Updates from the Africana Studies Program, housed in the Department of History and directed by Prof. Susan Eckelmann Berghel.
Africana Studies Travel Grants
The Africana Studies program, with the support from the College of Arts and Sciences, invites full-time faculty to apply for an Africana Studies Faculty Travel Grant.
Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era
A lecture by Award-Winning Historian Dr. Chad Williams, Brandeis University; Thursday, November 8, 2018, 5:00 PM; University Center Auditorium.