Food is a cultural artifact in the lives of Black people. But what happens when food is transformed into a weapon to oppress them? What happens when Black people in turn (re)weaponize food as a...
Dr. Desiree McMillion has been selected as one of the winners of the Ebony Excellence Award at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
The Ebony Excellence Award Ceremony is a night...
Dr. Bobby J. Smith II has been invited to give an in-person talk on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 1:00pm as part of the inaugural Planning Colloquium in the UIUC Department of Urban and Regional...
This interdisciplinary survey course explores the rich history, aesthetics, and politics of African American culture from its very
genesis to the present day: in other words, from West African...
Critical examination of the contributions of intellectuals of African descent in the Caribbean and its global circuits. Major streams of
social/political thought, cultural analysis, and artistic...