Center for African & African American Studies
Multimedia Takin’ Up Space performance Feb. 21 at Fiske Planetarium will highlight historical, cultural, environmental and social justice narratives as an act of reclaiming Black spaces.
The documentary exhibit “Revolutionary Grain,” open now through March 15 in the Macky Gallery, highlights the stories of former Black Panther Party members and ongoing struggles for racial justice.
In what would have been B.B. King’s 100th birthday month, ӽ紫ý music scholar Shawn O’Neal considers how the legends of blues can be heard in even the fizziest pop of 2025.
Founded by a collaborative including ӽ紫ý scholars, the Lyripeutics Storytelling Project aims to empower Black and Brown youth through the medium of hip-hop.
While speakers acknowledged the change and uncertainty of the moment, they encouraged hope and the importance of continuing to work toward justice.
In a newly published book, ӽ紫ý Professor Reiland Rabaka delves into the culture and sound of music’s ‘best-kept secret.'
ӽ紫ý scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn’t changed since 1964.
Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, ӽ紫ý prof says that from Taylor Swift to K-pop, ‘It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.’
Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, CU president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.
Reiland Rabaka, a ӽ紫ý professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.