June 10, 2014 – Chandra Ford, an Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles and a Bunche Center affiliated faculty member, was recently […]
June 10, 2014 – As Emmy voting begins, Darnell Hunt, sociology professor and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, who each year leads […]
In an interview, actor Taye Diggs comments on the Hollywood studio system process for deciding whether to do black films or their sequels. To read more, Click Here. For […]
Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Herb Jeffries Hollywood’s First and Only African American Singing Cowboy Saturday, July 12, 2014 from 11:00am – 4:00pm Cinema’s original and only African-American […]
June 6, 2014 – Bunche Center director and UCLA Sociology Professor Darnell Hunt discusses the Hollywood Diversity Report on Tavis Smiley Radio. To listen to the interview, Click Here. For […]
Over the last few months, Entertainment Weekly has taken a look at diversity in all areas of media – from film to television, commercials to literature. Look below to read […]
May 29, 2014 -On Tuesday, over 200 African American men sent a letter to President Obama praising him for his efforts to address community issues, but urging him to expand […]
Bunche Center Authors’ Series Presents Jakobi Williams Discussing his new book From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in […]
May 28, 2014 – Today, Maya Angelou, a poetic witness to life in the Jim Crow south and the struggle for civil rights, died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Angelou […]
May 22, 2014 – This May, the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs, part of the University of California Academic Senate, recommended final approval creating the Department of African American Studies. […]
