Leigh Raiford

Remembered for his dedication to civil rights activism, Hardy Frye, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of African American studies, died June 16 at the age of 82.

Since its formation in 1970, UC Berkeley’s African American studies department has been at the forefront of African diaspora scholarship.

UC Berkeley’s African American studies department was awarded a $2.8 million grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Dec. 11, 2020, to support an initiative led by the department’s faculty.

Susan Meiselas is in town today. If you haven’t heard of her, she’s an award-winning photographer who’s covered subjects from East Coast strippers to history and genocide in Kurdistan.

In the weeks after Marvel’s “Black Panther” exploded into box offices across the United States, essays drawing the inevitable connection between the movie and movement of the same name started to appear online.

“The goal of the minor is to fill in gaps that are missing in the curriculum offered on campus for people of color.”

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza discussed the current and future goals of BLM within the current political climate at the UC Berkeley International House on Thursday.

UC Berkeley faculty circulated a letter Wednesday morning calling for the campus and Berkeley community to boycott the “alt-right presence” by canceling all classes and campus activities for the duration of “Free Speech Week.”