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- African American life and culture hiring effort results in nine new faculty
- New hip hop course puts a fresh spin on learning
- 50th Anniversary Commemorating the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- AFAM guest speaker Jelani Cobb draws big crowd
- AFAM holds major/minor sign-up event
- AFAM Major Adriana Lacy featured in Penn State News
- AFAM major Brian Davis receives 2018 Eric A. Walker Award
- AfAm Major Delivers TEDxTalk on Police Brutality
- AfAm Major wins Essay Contest
- AFAM student Simone Lee wins Big Ten Player of the Year Award
- AFAM teach-in event about Charlottesville draws big crowds, featured in Centre Daily Times
- African American Studies minor Simone Lee named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America First Team
- African American Studies Student Placed in Undergraduate Research Exhibition
- Alphonso Grant receives Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award
- Amira Rose Davis on NPR's The Takeaway
- Arguing with Colin Kaepernick by Abraham Khan
- Article by Cynthia Young published by "The Conversation"
- B. Steven Carpenter, II Wins Hunamitarian Materials Engineering Award with Two Engineering Colleagues
- Black Girl Dangerous
- Brian Davis honored with Rock Ethics Institute 2017 Stand Up Award
- College of the Liberal Arts Seeks New Dean
- Congratulations AnneMarie Mingo!
- Course Explores Ferguson Events Through Many Perspectives
- Crystal R. Sanders has an article in this week's History News Network (HNN)
- Cynthia Young tackles "What is Ethics?" in new podcast
- Dept. Head Cynthia Young hosts "Penn State Women Leaders" event
- Dept. Head Cynthia Young quoted in CDT article on Charlottesville
- Director of 'Empire' speaks to African American Studies students
- Director of 'Empire' speaks to African American Studies students
- Documentary Based on Article by AFAM Assoc. Prof. Crystal Sanders Released
- Dr. Amira Rose Davis appears on WNYC's "The Takeaway" to discuss the contoversial return of Serena Williams
- Dr. Courtney Morris appears on "Rise Up"
- Dr. Cynthia Young is Honorary Coach at Lady Lions game
- Ebony Coletu named a Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar
- Ferguson-inspired Race and Violence Discussion Evokes Passionate Responses
- Former AFAM Major Publishes Piece in NYT
- Jeanine Staples, Associate Professor of Literacy and Language and African-American studies is one of the speakers
- Maha Marouan's Documentary Reviewed by Harlem World Magazine
- Paul Taylor Gives Lecture at Oberlin College
- Penn State Reads
- Penn State receives $225,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Penn State Visual Arts Professor Tackles Global Water Crisis
- Penn Staters were brought to tears as they listened to King 50 years ago.
- AnneMarie Mingo wins Faculty Adviser Award
- Professor Maha Marouan featured in The Penn Stater Magazine
- Recent AFAM grad featured in Penn State News
- Rev. James Lawson Special Guest Lecturer
- Sphinx Virtuosi Visited AFAM 100 Class
- Stand Your Ground Teach-In with Tamara Lawson a Success
- Standing Room Only at Julian Vasquez Heilig's Lecture
- Students Travel to Cuba for Embedded AFAM Course
- The Feminist Sports Podcast You Need
- Video - Us vs. Them Teach-In
- (Video) William "Sandy" A. Darity in the Africana Research Center
- Watch Jeanine Staples' TEDxTalk "Learn to Die Peacefully, So That You Can Live Peacefully"
- Whitney Brown's blog while doing her study abroad in Tanzania