This morning’s Emmy nominations were handed out, but few blacks working either in front of or behind the camera were recipients of the coveted nominations. Congratulations go to Kerry Washington, […]
The 2013 Recipients of the Roxane Chisholm and Jeannette Chisholm Moore Endowed Scholarship Fund In April 2007, Jeannette Chisholm Moore established an endowed scholarship in honor of her deceased daughter, […]
New Book by Brenda Stevenson Traces Role of Gender in 1992 Los Angeles Riots In her new book, Brenda Stevenson, professor of history at UCLA and a Bunche Center affiliated […]
George Zimmerman and Me By Eva Patterson The twelve members of my Black women’s reading group had just sat down to dinner outside at the end […]
Last February, George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot an unarmed teen, Trayvon Martin, after getting into an altercation with him in his Florida neighborhood. Zimmerman claimed Martin attacked him and […]
Actors Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Don Cheadle (Iron Man, House of Lies) discuss race in Variety‘s “Primetime Emmy” series. To read the article, Click HERE. For background information on the […]
Hector F. Myers, recently left UCLA and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to take a position at Vanderbilt University. Professor Myers will join the faculty in the Medicine, Health & […]
The Directors Guild of America elected Emmy Award winner Paris Barclay as president of the organization. Barclay is the union’s first African-American, and first openly gay president. To read more, […]
How Samuel L. Jackson Became the Highest Grossing Actor Ever Business Insider reports how Samuel L. Jackson beat the odds to become the highest grossing actor ever. Click HERE. For background information […]
2013-2014 Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Bunche Center Fellowships and Grants Awardees GRADUATE/PREDOCTORAL FELLOWS Cory Gooding, History Roots, Rhythm and Religion: The Politics of Context, Identity and Culture among Afro-Caribbeans […]
