Dr. Desiree McMillion has been selected as one of the winners of the Ebony Excellence Award at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
The Ebony Excellence Award Ceremony is a night...
Dr. Bobby J. Smith II has been invited to give an in-person talk on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:00pm as part of the inaugural Planning Colloquium in the UIUC Department of Urban and Regional...
Professor Irvin J. Hunt will be presenting on Dreaming the Present: Time, Aesthetics, and the Black Cooperative Movement on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the Caxton Club in Chicago Illinois. In-...
At their core, Black and Womanist theologies seek to dismantle theologies and social arrangements that contribute to the Black estrangement as a manifestation of cultural productions within the...
This seminar is an examination of African American religious history and culture from 1526-2020. Beginning with the 16th century transatlantic slave trade, to 20th century civil rights activism and...
Studies in Black TV. With many black television series of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s still in heavy rotation, it is clear that something about black television remains deeply relevant in popular...
This interdisciplinary survey course explores the rich history, aesthetics, and politics of African American culture from its very genesis to the present day: in other words, from West African...