Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor will be joining the Faculty in the Fall of 2021 as Lecturer of African American Studies. Dr. Taylor received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from North Carolina Central University (1999) and her Master of Arts in American History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) (2003). Upon […]
AFA 2000 Introduction to African-American Studies AFA 3110 Key Issues in Black Atlantic Thought AFA The Wire 3303 AFA 3333 Black Power Movement AFA3356 African American Religion AFA 3930 Special Topics AFA 4905 individual Study AFA 4936 Senior Seminar
On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN. The following day over one hundred rebellions occurred across the country including protests on college campuses. By 1968, southern white universities had admitted small numbers of African American students who encountered racism on and off […]
Dr. Scot Brown Thursday, April 1 Pedagogy Talk 12:40 pm – 2:10 pm Location: Virtual Friday, April 2, 2021 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Research Seminar: “Blues for the 1980s: Roger Troutman & Zapp and Dayton OH” Location: Virtual Dr. Terrance Wooten Thursday, April 1 4:00-5:00pm Research Seminar: “This Might as Well Be Prison:” Homeless Shelters, […]
Tenure Track Search Committee Meetings Assistant or Associate Professor in African American Studies & Artificial Intelligence Monday, February 22, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Monday, March 15, 8:30am – 9:30am. Thursday April 1, 1:15-2:00pm Friday, April 2, 4:30 – 5:30 pm Monday, April 5 11:00 – 11:30 am Friday, April 16 11:00 – 12:00 pm […]
Join Dean David Richardson and three distinguished College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members who will share their views on research, teaching, and service in a time of a broad national conversation on matters of race.
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The African Americas Studies Program faculty at the University of Florida would like to express our disappointment with the grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case. Taylor was a young black woman who dedicated her life to serving others and she did not deserve this. She had dreams and goals like our students […]
Sankofa: Looking Back and Moving Forward The Journey Continues The Dr. Ronald C Foreman Jr. Symposium Thursday, February 20, 2020 Symposium- Watch it Here The 50th Anniversary Community Celebration Friday, February 21, 2020 Historic Marker Unveiling- Watch it Here Community Celebration-Watch it Here See photos of the Celebration Event Thank you for Celebrating 50 Years […]
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The 2020 College Teaching/Advising Awards honor the exceptional teachers and advisors in each college for the difference they make in students’ lives. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to announce this year’s recipients. Congratulation to Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, one of the recipients of this Award.
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Amazing work by the AFA 4225 Class and the Omicron Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi in their presentation of a Heavy Crown: Black Hair’s Journey throughout History.
Continuing the celebration of the African American Studies Program’s 50th year at UF. The program participated in the Homing Coming Parade, a day where Gainesville schools and UF are closed for the community to come out and enjoy the afternoon.
Please join the Humanities Center on October 24 and 25 for two events with Professor Ana-Lucia Araujo (Howard University, Department of History) as part of the Center’s 2019-20 speaker series: Rethinking the Public Sphere: Part 1 – Race and the Promise of Participation. Public Lecture “Museums and Slavery: Engaging the Past and the Present in […]
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