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New Publication by Dr. Merle L. Bowen

For Land and Liberty is a comparative study of the history and contemporary circumstances concerning Brazil’s quilombos (African-descent rural communities) and their inhabitants, the quilombolas. The book examines the disposition of quilombola claims...

New Publication by Dr. Merle L. Bowen!

For Land and Liberty is a comparative study of the history and contemporary circumstances concerning Brazil’s quilombos (African-descent rural communities) and their inhabitants,...
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Dr. Karen Flynn Receives Two Awards for Article

Dr. Karen Flynn has received two awards for her article, "Hotel Refuses Negro Nurse": Gloria Clark Baylis and the Queen Elizabeth Hotel

Welcoming AFRO's Newest Faculty Members

The Department of African American Studies enthusiastically welcomes Dr. Smith and Dr. Ngumbi to the faculty as Assistant Professors. Dr. Smith's work focuses on food justice in the United States, local food systems, race & class in food politics,  and activism. More specifically,...

New Publication by Dr. Candice Jenkins!

Dr. Candice Jenkins, English and African American Studies, has just released a new book entitled Black Bourgeois: Class and Sex in the Flesh (Minnesota 2019).
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Private Lives, Proper Relations: Regulating Black Intimacy by Candice M. Jenkins

In Private Lives, Proper Relations, Candice M. Jenkins addresses the question of why contemporary African American literature—particularly that produced by black women—is continually concerned...
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