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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

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	Congratulations to All of Our Graduates! May 17, 2013 The Department of African American Studies will join with affiliated departments to confer the combined Ph.D. on the following graduate students, Monday, May 20,... Read more
	Sylvia Ardyn Boone Prize awarded for Spring 2013 May 16, 2013 Jayne Ptolemy has been awarded the Sylvia Ardyn Boone Prize for 2013. The prize is given annually in the memory of Sylvia Boone, a noted scholar of African art,... Read more
	Wendell Adjetey awarded Canadian Studies Prize May 16, 2013 Wendell Adjetey (AfAm/History '18) has been awarded the Canadian Studies Prize (2012-2013) for graduate students for his essay, "Saving Jimmy Wilson: Canadian Racial Consciousness... Read more
	2013 William Pickens Prizes awarded to Cargill and Wanger May 16, 2013 Ethan Mordecai Cargill and Emily Wanger are the 2013 William Pickens Prize winners for outstanding senior essays in the field of African and... Read more
	Six Afam grads win Beinecke library graduate fellowships May 16, 2013 "Congratulations to Wendell Adjetey, Anusha Alles, Danielle Bainbridge, Melanie Chambliss, Claire Schwartz and Key Jo Lee, who won Beinecke library graduate fellowships for research this summer... Read more
	Adjetey selected for two prestigious honors May 16, 2013 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada has awarded Wendell Adjetey (African American Studies/History '18) a prestigious ... Read more
	"Q&A: A fresh look at rape during the U.S. Civil War" May 14, 2013 Crystal Feimster is interviewed by journalist Kery K. Paterson for the blog,... Read more
	Major funding awarded to Parsard-Carby project May 03, 2013 The Kempf Fund has awarded $10,000 toward the support of "We Have Never Been Human: A Caribbean Studies Approach," a project proposed by Kaneesha Parsard (African American/... Read more
	Hazel Carby, at "Afrofuturism's Others," Tate Modern, London May 03, 2013 Hazel Carby will speak on the panel, "Afrofuturism's Others," at Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, London, on Saturday, June 15, 14:00-16:00. "In the... Read more
	Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century April 27, 2013 African American Studies professors Hazel Carby and Jacqueline Goldsby, and doctoral student Heather Vermeulen, will present at "Beyond the Text... Read more