Events for February 25, 2014 - March 10, 2016
“How Structural Racism Works” by Tricia Rose
History Conference Room, 6275 Bunche HallThis lecture introduces Rose's in-progress research, video and public engagement project. In it, Rose argues that five key drivers of structural racism—housing, criminal justice, education, wealth and media—form a flexible, highly […]
“A Latin American Multicultural State at Work: Anti-Black Racism and the Fate of the Caricature of an Afro-Ecuadorian Congressman” by Jean Muteba Rahier
Bunche Center Library 135 Haines HallSee attached flyer for more information.
“Urban Removal: Police, Prisons, and Domestic Policy after Civil Rights” by Elizabeth Hinton
Bunche 6275Elizabeth Hinton is Assistant Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of History at Harvard University. Hinton’s research focuses on the persistence of poverty […]
Open Poetry Slam
James Bridges Theater 235 Charles E Young Dr.First 20 poets to sign up (Sign up: 5-6pm) Top 10 to be invited to return to compete for $500 in cash prizes at the main event * Book donations […]
The 40th National Council for Black Studies Conference Call for Papers
All abstracts must be submitted online no later than January 15, 2016. On the heels of the establishment of the first generation of Black Studies departments and programs across the United […]
“Comparable Battles for the Existence of Civilization: Race and the Global Arc of US Police Power” by Nikhil Pal Singh
Bunche Center Library 135 Haines Hall
Langston Hughes’ “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz”
UCLA Faculty CenterA multimedia performance of Langston Hughes' "Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz" comes to the UCLA Faculty Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5-8 p.m. A reading of the poem will […]
Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Robin D. G. Kelley
Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library 630 W 5th Street, Los AngelesIn a revelatory testament of what it means to be black in America today, this timely new memoir solidifies Coates as one of today’s most important writers on the subject […]
Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence
UCLA School of LawWe are very excited to invite you to our upcoming Eighth Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium, Race and Resistance: Against Police Violence, on October 16th and 17th at UCLA School of […]
