ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
  1. A brief departmental history (as reported by the University's official newspaper, The Reporter, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the department).
  2. Mission statement
  3. On faculty diversity at U.B.
  4. The continuing politics of survival (article from Village Voice on the state of African American Studies today across the country).
  5. The history of African American Studies in the U.S. (essay review of a book).
  6. What is African American Studies?
  7. Black Studies and Black Professors
  8. A Sample of Courses (offered here at U.B. and elsewhere)