On Monday, the Howard Thurman Center hosted the first panel in a new series that will address questions of justice, community and racial reconciliation.
BU hosted a “Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles” Wednesday to encourage campus-wide conversation about racism.
In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a campus free speech forum, Boston’s new initiative on surveillance cameras, and the 50th anniversary of BU’s African American Studies program.
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When it was established in 1969, the African American studies graduate program at BU was the first of its kind at the university. This year, the program is celebrating its 50th anniversary. While its membership has peaked at four students at a time, the program has had a lasting impact on the students and faculty who have taken part in the program over the years.
The media is full of various depictions of the future, from apocalyptic wastelands to utopian societies. These visions of what lie ahead often shed light on a problem from our time, but they can also put...
A panel of speakers from a variety academic backgrounds came together Tuesday evening for a roundtable discussion about Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library archives and the roles that archives...
Race, politics and social media — three of the hottest topics of the day — were discussed in the context of African-American history at Boston University Friday afternoon.
Louis Chude-Sokei,...
