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Tamara T. Butler’s ties to the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture run deep.

It started when she was in eighth grade at the Charleston County School of the Arts…

The now three-time Buckeye grad started her career in cancer research, before realizing she wanted a more hands-on perspective. In an effort to see how her work in the lab impacted patients at the…

Fisher College of Business Executive Education

Dr. Cynthia Turner, Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Dean at Fisher College of Business, discusses the…

As the editor of Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men I would be remiss if I didn’t offer a few words about the recent passing of Dr. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C. T. Vivian, and Congressman John Lewis.…

Juneteenth may hold particular significance this year, offering an opportunity to reflect on how far we've come and how far we still have to go to truly achieve equality in the US and beyond. Read…

AAAS Department Chair Simone C. Drake was recently named an Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) for…

Judson L. Jeffries, Professor of African American and African Studies, was recently interviewed by a variety of news outlets following the protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd at the…

A Scarred Past 

Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of this department and recognized the 400th-year anniversary of the arrival of…