College of Arts & Sciences
March 20, 2014
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Mark Peceny announces the appointment of Robert Jefferson as director of Africana Studies. He assumes the role July 1. Jefferson comes to UNM from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he was director of t
By Mara Kerkez
February 07, 2014
The N-word bellowed three times from a microphone, catching the attention of passersby in the middle of a busy lunchtime in the Student Union Building. But that was the point. It was the opening line for a candid conversation on the use of the racial ...
By Mara Kerkez
January 28, 2014
Launching Black History Month, the University of New Mexico Africana Studies recently hosted a brunch in the Student Union Building featuring keystone speaker Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Before the event that took ...
January 09, 2014
UNM Africana Studies has created and hosted a Black History Month Kickoff Brunch for more than 25 years. The brunch has featured renowned civil rights leaders, activists, political leaders, artistic fellows and economic powerhouses from the Black ...
October 30, 2013
Nikki Giovanni, poet, activist, mother and professor, speaks at the University of New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Anthropology 163 on the UNM main campus. This event is free and open to the public. Giovanni is a seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa ...
By Carolyn Gonzales
March 28, 2013
Africana Studies, in conjunction with the Division of Equity and Inclusion, Office of the Provost, Robert Wood Johnson Center and the Department of American Studies, presents two lectures around "The Emancipation Proclamation: 150 Years Later" on the ...
By Carolyn Gonzales
January 08, 2013
UNM Africana Studies kicks off Black History Month with a brunch on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. in the Student Union Building ballrooms A, B and C. The brunch speaker is acclaimed actor, author and youth advocate Hill Harper. "Africana ...
By Mara Kerkez
November 29, 2011
The University of New Mexico Africana Studies and Scholarly Soul Food Program presents "Creating Black Art in New Mexico" on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 12 - 1:30 p.m. in Mesa Vista Hall, 4th floor foyer.Ben Hazard, UNM Africana Studies instructor, will ...
By Sari Krosinsky
November 09, 2011
The University of New Mexico was dealing 40 years ago with the same turmoil the rest of the country was regarding race in America. The New Mexico Office of African American Affairs premieres "40th Anniversary of Afro-American Studies," a documentary ...
By Carolyn Gonzales
October 18, 2011
The University of New Mexico's Africana Studies program presents its Distinguished Speakers Series, "Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars" on Monday, Oct. 24, Friday, Nov. 4 and Thursday, Nov. 17. All events are free and open to the public.Africana ...
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