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Judson Jeffries: Why the Black Lives Matter protests look new
Judson Jeffries, professor of African American and African Studies, researches media studies, public policy, homeland security, African American politics and police-community relations. He sees…
Giants Among Men: Lowery, Vivian, and Lewis
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.…
AAAS Faculty in the News
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…
Statement of the Ohio State University Department of African American and African Studies on the 2020 Pandemic, Racism, Structural Inequalities, and Pursuits of Social Justice
#BlackLivesMatter
A Scarred Past
Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the formation of this department and recognized the 400th-year anniversary of the…
Playlist: Music & the art of Mickalene Thomas
Dr. Simone C. Drake, chair of Ohio State's Department of African American and African Studies, recently led a gallery talk exploring the work in Mickalene Thomas: I Can’t See You Without Me…
Eric Herschthal, AAAS Postdoctoral Fellow, publishes story on slavery and the Civil War in The New Republic
Eric Herschthal, AAAS's new Postdoctoral Fellow in Race & Medicine, recently reviewed Joanne Freeman's The Field of Blood in The New Republic.
To read…
Roots Before Branches Contest Winner
Congratulations Sarah Wilkes and Chris Newman, the 1st and 2nd place winners of our “Roots before Branches” contest! Sarah and Chris received $100 and $50 gift cards, respectively, for their…
AAAS Brown Bag Featuring Jason Owens: Namibia’s “GDR Kids”: Persecuted by Pretoria, Protected by Pankow. April 15th 11:30-1:00PM in University Hall 386B
November 9, 1989 saw not only the opening of The Berlin Wall but also the first one-person, one-vote election in Namibia. Within a year, young Namibians were returning to their unknown…
Black Studies Matters! The Importance of Global Black Studies in the Age of Ferguson
Nearly two years since the Ferguson uprising, and thanks to movements such as Black Lives Matter, Rhodes Must Fall, and Fees Must Fall, there can be no doubt that the cause of Black Liberation is…