Run:\DM.C hosts inaugural event, “Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter”

Posted on August 11, 2024

On August 29, 2024, the Digital Media and Community Initiative (Run: DM.C) hosted its inaugural event, Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter, to celebrate the Hulu documentary series Black Twitter. Panelists included Arizona State’s Sarah Florini, Washington University in St. Louis’ Raven Maragh-Lloyd, and Hulu documentary participant Georgia Institute of Technology’s André […]

2024 Student Award Celebration!

Posted on April 9, 2024

Each April, the African American Studies Program hosts its annual end-of-year student award event. This event recognizes graduating seniors and students who have been active in the Sankofa African American Studies Student organization. This year, we presented our Mellon Scholars with awards recognizing their achievements in the program.

AFAM Mellon Scholars Present at National Black Studies Conference

Posted on April 6, 2024

The African American Studies Program is proud to introduce five of our majors who presented their research at the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference (NCBS) held on March 22-25, 2023. Presenters range from a first year student to a recent graduate.

UF students, faculty help transcribe 8,731 pages for Frederick Douglass Day

Posted on April 4, 2024

AI and Democracy on the African Continent

Posted on April 1, 2024

Africa with connecting lines of light over the top

Join us at 3 p.m. on April 4! This talk examines how artificial intelligence (AI) could empower or imperil democracy across Africa. It is the second event in the 2023-24 AI in Africa Speaker Series.

The Real Cost of Racial Justice: Black Women Fundraisers and the Radical Organizing Tradition

Posted on March 5, 2024

Join us for the African American Studies Mellon Foundation Speaker Series featuring Dr. Tanisha C. Ford, professor of history at The Graduate Center, City University of New York on the history of Black Women’s philanthropy and organizing.

Dr. Rik Stevenson speaks at Sharon Baptist Church

Posted on February 17, 2024

Dr. Rick Stevenson, a university professor from Florida, discusses the Nubian experience and offers an Afrocentric perspective on Scripture.

Spring Walking Tour: Black Thursday & Beyond at UF, on Feb. 29

Posted on February 15, 2024

The Brown Center for Leadership & Service, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, and Beyond120 are partnering to host our Spring walking tour of UF historical sites centered around the April 1971 events of Black Thursday, the power of storytelling, and collective student organizing.

The Baddie, the Book, and the Bag

Posted on February 14, 2024

On March 6, join us as the author and podcaster Sesali Bowen dives deeper into her career, including the themes of her acclaimed memoir and navigating the media industry.

Dr. Vanessa Wills: “Claudia Jones, Black Woman Workers, and the Cause(s) of Oppression”

Posted on February 13, 2024

Please join us in Ustler Hall at 4:30pm on March 21. This talk is part of the Philosophy, Race, and Justice Speaker Series.

Traumatic Repercussions: Black Women Birthing and Obstetric Racism

Posted on January 19, 2024

Dr. Dána-Ain Davis, a woman, smiling while standing with a blue shirt and glasses on.

Dr. Ronald Foreman Lecture Series presents Dr. Dána-Ain Davis, Professor of Urban Studies at Queens College. Graduate faculty in Anthropology and Psychology at the City University of New York {CUNY}, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society.

Sharony Andrews Green, The Chase And Ruins: Zora Neale Hurston In Honduras

Posted on January 18, 2024

Join us on February 23 for a discussion of Green’s book. The book follows Hurston’s little-known anthropological expedition to excavate Mayan ruins in Honduras in the 1940s. Green will be joined by two discussants: Dr. Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and History PhD Candidate Joe Angelillo.

African Americans in Paris Info Session

Posted on October 20, 2023

Dr. Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, will hold a virtual information session about her African Americans in Paris class.

Film Screening and Discussion: Tim Story’s the Blackening

Posted on October 17, 2023

Join us for a Black Horror Halloween Affair!

“Affirmative Action is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action”

Posted on September 18, 2023

On September 29 at 4:00 pm in Ustler Hall, Dr. Naomi Zack will argue for the importance of higher education for minorities as an egalitarian opportunity to pursue and develop leisure.

Faculty Discuss “The Great Debate: African American Studies in Florida” at Fall Convocation

Posted on September 7, 2023

The Florida DOE rejected the AP African American Studies curriculum because it did not present “opposing views on slavery” and in its current state violates Florida Law. In July, the DOE’s new standards state African Americans had “benefited from slavery.”

Director David Canton makes MSNBC appearance.

Posted on August 31, 2023

University of Florida Professor David Canton joins MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss AP African American Studies.

Welcoming Black Faculty to Higher Education: A Racial Justice Town Hall

Posted on August 27, 2023

The University of Florida’s Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP), in partnership with the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center and co-sponsored by African American Studies Program and UF Black Student Union, invites the public to a panel discussion.

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program presents a film premiere on Oscar Mack versus the Ku Klux Klan

Posted on April 3, 2023

“The Life of Oscar Mack” aims to reveal the truth and bring closure to everyone affected by this story of bravery and resilience. Descendants of Oscar Mack will be in attendance and will discuss his legacy and the importance of the film.

African American Studies Majors Present at National Conference

Posted on March 28, 2023

African American Program Faculty Share at Fall Convocation

Posted on December 5, 2022

In October 2022, members of the African American Studies Program faculty shared a few words about their research, the program and the discipline with students.

Now Is The Time! MLK And Democratic Stewardship

Posted on December 1, 2022

This lecture by Randall Maurice Jelks argues that It has always been Black citizens throughout U.S. history who have been the some of the country’s staunchest stewards of democracy in resisting oligarchical conceits.

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