Africana Studies

The University of New Mexico Africana Studies program has a long history of bringing in engaging speakers to kick off Black History Month. When they arranged for NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to come, the reception was overwhelming. Individuals and groups...

University of New Mexico African American Student Services presents their 30th Annual Black History Month Kick-off brunch in the Student Union Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year’s speaker is Roslyn M. Brock, who will focus on...

The University of New Mexico Africana Studies Program celebrates the 100th anniversary of World War I on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 3 – 5 p.m. at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial. The UNM Africana Studies’ inaugural Veterans Day program honors African ...

Following a campus climate study a few years ago, University of New Mexico President Robert G. Frank and representatives of an Alliance of African American Groups have been meeting regularly to establish an ongoing dialogue and positive lines of ...

College of Arts & Sciences Dean Mark Peceny announces the appointment of Robert Jefferson as director of Africana Studies. He assumes the role July 1. Jefferson comes to UNM from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he was director of t

The N-word bellowed three times from a microphone, catching the attention of passersby in the middle of a busy lunchtime in the Student Union Building. But that was the point. It was the opening line for a candid conversation on the use of the racial ...

Launching Black History Month, the University of New Mexico Africana Studies recently hosted a brunch in the Student Union Building featuring keystone speaker Sybrina Fulton, the mother of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Before the event that took ...

UNM Africana Studies has created and hosted a Black History Month Kickoff Brunch for more than 25 years. The brunch has featured renowned civil rights leaders, activists, political leaders, artistic fellows and economic powerhouses from the Black ...

Nikki Giovanni, poet, activist, mother and professor, speaks at the University of New Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Anthropology 163 on the UNM main campus. This event is free and open to the public. Giovanni is a seven-time NAACP Image Award winner and the first recipient of the Rosa ...

Africana Studies, in conjunction with the Division of Equity and Inclusion, Office of the Provost, Robert Wood Johnson Center and the Department of American Studies, presents two lectures around "The Emancipation Proclamation: 150 Years Later" on the ...