Welcome to Black Studies at Yale. The Black Studies Department examines, from numerous disciplinary perspectives, the experiences of people of African descent in Black Atlantic societies, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., shown here with former Yale trustee the Rev. Gardiner M. Day, received an honorary LL.D degree at Yale’s 263rd commencement in 1964.
The American Society of Criminology recognizes Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson for his pioneering ethnographic research on urban crime.
Yale sociologist Elijah Anderson has...
Matthew Frye Jacobson, who has been awarded the 2025 Bode-Pearson Prize from the American Studies Association. The most prestigious prize awarded by the American Studies...
African American Studies Department renamed to Black Studies
Professors told the News that change was made to reflect a growing interest in the study of Black people in...