News Archive 2011 - 2020
2020
- New African American Studies Scholarship Honors Houston-Area Social Justice Leader
- UH CLASS Tackles Race and Social Justice: From the Streets to the Syllabus
- UH History Professor to Speak at New York Times Event
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Tara Mock, Ph.D. - March 26
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Kimberly Keeton, M.L.S. - March 16
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Marcia Walker-McWilliams, Ph.D. - March 4
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Assata Richards, Ph.D. - February 27
- AAS Community Seminar: Erika Thompson, M.P.S., M.A. & Miguell Ceasar, M.S., M.L.S. - February 13
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Almicar Shabazz, Ph.D. - February 6
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series: Stephanie Boyce, Ph.D. - January 23
- AAS Alumni Speaker Series
2019
- African American Studies Program Marks 50th Anniversary with New Bachelor of Arts Degree
- African Women’s Literature and Film Conference – March 28-30, 2019
- Scholarship Banquet
2018
- New Graduate Course in AAS Experiences High Demand
Enrollment numbers have been growing exponentially for the Seminar on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, which is a component of the University of Houston Graduate Certificate in African American Studies Program. The seminar is a critical study and analysis of the major ideas and doctrines that formed the conceptual frameworks of these two men. It engages in explorations of cultural pluralism, self-determination, Pan Africanism, satyagraha, nonviolence, civil disobedience, reform and revolution.
- Activism and history to be unveiled at screening of 'The House on Coco Road'
2017
- New African American Studies adjunct faculty focus on community activism
- CLASS hosts successful National Council for Black Studies Conference
- CLASS to host National Council for Black Studies Conference
- Black History Month events hosted by African American Studies
- CLASS plans events, curriculum to coordinate with the “Big Game”
- Past Events
2016
- African American Studies undergraduate students present research at national conference
- IN DEPTH with Gerald Horne
2015
- UH Gulf Coast Food Project launches African diaspora foodways programming
- Author of 'The Jemima Code' Discusses Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
- Strategic Policy Lecture Series
- AAS Minor Publishes Account of Personal Life Experiences and Reflections on Human Rights
- AAS Minor Receives 2015 Mellon Scholars Internship
- AAS Minor Selected for 2015 Mellon Summer Academy at the Museum of Fine Arts
- 2015 Houston AfriFest
- Visiting scholars and visiting assistant professor bring expertise to CLASS
- Ferguson: The Aftermath
- Soledad O'Brien brings Black in America tour to UH
- Scholarship Banquet
2014
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History honors Prof. Gerald Horne
- Dallas-Area Students Visit AAS Classroom
- AAS Minors Attend 2014 National Council for Black Studies Conference
- Dean Roberts appoints African American Studies task force
- African American Studies Program celebrates its history in February
- James Conyers Interview
- AAS Student Receives Internship at the National Museum of Accra
- Media Executive Amy DuBois Barnett Keynotes African American Studies Banquet
- Scholarship Banquet
2013
- Black media images symposium hosted by African American Studies
- Black History Month convergence of current events and recent past
- Scholarship Banquet
2012
- African American History Month
- Integration at UH – Black and Brown perspectives
- Awready! Conference is a scholarly examination of Houston hip-hop
- New Book Compares Theology of Garvey and Cleage, Jr.
- A Genesis of African American Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning
- Awready!: The Houston Hip Hop Conference
- Urban Souls Dance Company presents its 2nd show of the season Old Wounds: New Blood.
- Fall 2012 New Course: AAS 3348: African Americans and the Law
- Fall 2012 Upper-Division Course Online: AAS 3356: Africana Thought & Philosophy
2011
- New Approaches to the Study of African American Islam symposium
- Annual Scholarship Banquet
- AAS Alum Pursues Doctorate in Africology
- Local Faculty Member Receives National Recognition
- Black Images in the Media Arts Festival and Symposium
- UH experts available to discuss Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day
- Armed with 20,000 more pencils, students visit Ghana