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The Divine Nine and the Formation of Black Studies

March 28, 2024March 27, 2024 James R. Morgan, III #BlackHistory, #BlackStudies, #BooksArchivesMonuments, Fraternity, Sorority

This post is part of our forum on “The Books, Archives, and Monuments That Shaped Me.” As a fourth-generation member

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Dorothy Porter, Archives, and the Preservation of Black Studies

February 5, 2024February 2, 2024 Derrion Arrington African Diaspora, black intellectual history, Black women

The explosive growth of Black studies programs and departments after 1968 triggered a wave of bibliographic scholarship. Colleges, universities, and

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Arturo Schomburg, Black Studies, and Social Change

September 28, 2023September 15, 2023 DJ Polite Arturo Schomburg, Black History, Black Studies, John Henrik Clarke

Around 1930, a fifteen-year-old John Henrik Clarke travelled to New York City, New York, anxious to meet Arturo Schomburg at

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Why Black Studies?

September 26, 2023September 14, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Black Campus Movement, Black History, Black Studies, ethnic studies

Black Studies, (also known as African American Studies, Africana Studies, and Pan African Studies) has its origins in the Black Campus

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Black Studies and the Story of Survival

September 18, 2023August 27, 2023 Brandon James Render Black Studies

In October 1969, sociology professor Nathan Hare spoke at a press conference at San Francisco State College, home of the

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