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NEWS
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Fall
2006: FACULTY VACANCY - Assistant Professor [concentration in African
Diaspora]; Please click on "Fall 2006" to download the PDF containing more
information
Summer
2006: The Department sponsors an Exhibition at the Buffalo Niagara
International Airport
Spring,
2006: The Department hosts an exhibition of William Y. Cooper's paintings.
April
27, 2006: The Department hosts "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work
Day"
April
4, 2006: Dr. Williams receives recognition from Buffalo Evening News.
March
15, 2006: Professor Pappas exhibits his work at Wells College.
Spring
2006: Dr. Williams presents a paper at a conference on African American
Studies in Poland.
January
31, 2006: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Coretta
Scott King.
October
24, 2005: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Rosa
Parks.
October
28, 2005. Department mentioned in NPR news segment on the Niagara Movement
Fall
2005 Dr. Keith Griffler, a new faculty member, joins the department.
October
21, 2005. Department Chair receives award.
Fall
2005: Buffalo hosts the ASALH conference.
Fall
2005: The Department sponsors an Exhibition at the Buffalo Niagara
International Airport
Summer/Fall
2005: The Department celebrates the centennial of the founding
of the Niagara Movement.
Summer
2005: Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
July
9, 2005: The County of Niagara and others issue proclamations
as the Department celebrates the centennial of the founding of the Niagara
Movement.
Spring
2005: 80th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X.
April
7, 2005: The Minority Faculty and Staff Association sponsors
a lecture by Professor Michael Eric Dyson.
April
25, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors a lecture by visiting
scholar Kevin Boyle.
March
21, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors a lecture by Professor
William L. Andrews.
March
2-April 15, 2005: African American Studies co-sponsors lectures in
conjunction with the NEH funded exhibition: "Forever Free."
February
10, 2005: A lecture by Dr. Francoise Pfaff on women in African
Films.
January
1, 2005: The Department notes with great sorrow the passing of Shirley
Chisholm
Spring
2005: African American Studies helps sponsor UB's 9th International
Women's Film Festival (January 27 through March 3, 2005).
October
26, 2004: A Video conference with the Zurich Jazz Institute
The
Department celebrates the art of Professor James G. Pappas
OTHER
NEWS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Spring
2005: PBS to screen program on slavery titled "Slavery and the
Making of America." Other upcoming PBS programs of relevance include American
Experience "Malcolm X
- Make it Plain" and "Race:
The Power of an Illusion."
Spring
2004: Essay Contest to mark the 50th anniversary of Brown
v. Board of Education.
Spring/Fall
2004: Brown v. Board of Education digital archive at University
of Michigan.
Spring/Fall
2004:2004 is the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against
Slavery and its Abolition. Click
here for more information (you will be taken to a page at the Unesco
web site).
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