Events

I used to want the words, "She tried," on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."
~ Katherine Dunham

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
~ Miles Davis

“We are each other’s magnitude and bond.”
~ Gwendolyn Brooks

"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."
~ James Baldwin

The emotional, sexual and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: "It's a girl."
~ Shirley Chisholm

Wade in the water, Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water, God's goin' to trouble the water.
~ African American Spiritual

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
~ Satchel Paige

Events


	Graduation 2013! May 20, 2013 ... Read more
	"Double Natural" January 24, 2013 Ellen Gallagher breaks the boundaries of traditional art by using materials and found images in unexpected ways. Her work often looks at how African Americans have been represented and stereotyped... Read more
	"Black Cultural Politics in a Color Blind Nation" January 31, 2013 This lecture explores some facets of the strange co-existence of the idea of "color blindness" as a social ideal in the context of a social reality in which race heavily determines economic... Read more
	"The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in America" February 04, 2013 Professor Bonilla-Silva gained visibility in the social sciences with his 1997 American Sociological Review article, “Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation,” where... Read more
	Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco in Conversation with Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poet (2009) February 05, 2013 This is Richard Blanco’s first post-inauguration public appearance. ... Read more
	"Natasha Trethewey in conversation with Elizabeth Alexander" February 14, 2013 Natasha Trethewey, the United States poet laureate, was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on April 26, 1966. She is the author of four poetry collections and a book... Read more
	ENDEAVORS is a colloquium series sponsored by the Dept. of African American Studies February 21, 2013 We invite visiting scholars and artists, as well as Yale faculty and advanced graduate students,... Read more
	"'I have don my duty as well as I could': Exploring Slavery and Servitude In The Hillhouse Family Papers" February 21, 2013 Most scholars have been combing through the Lloyd family papers with regard to researching Jupiter Hammons's work, but ... Read more
	"What I Came to Say: Writing Help Me to Find My People" February 28, 2013 Heather Andrea Williams received undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University. She is Professor of History at the University of North... Read more
	“The Philosophy of Racial Justice: Urgency, Imagination, and Method” March 07, 2013 Chris Lebron is a Research Fellow in Political Science at Yale. He is the author of The Color of Our Shame: Race and Justice In Our Time, forthcoming from Oxford... Read more