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Center Talk! Stevenson Book Traces Role of Gender in ’92 Riots

July 17, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

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 […]

Commentary: George Zimmerman and Me

July 17, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

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 […]

Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Found Unconstitutional

July 1, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Found Unconstitutional In another 5-4 split vote, last week’s Supreme Court DOMA decision rules the federal same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional. To read more, Click Here.

Paul Williams: Black Architect to the Stars

June 21, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Paul Williams (1894 to 1980) was a Los Angeles-based architect known for his daring designs of homes for the rich and famous. Certified in 1921, he was the first black […]

Center Talk! Juneteenth

June 13, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

June 19th, known as Juneteenth, commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States in 1865. That is the day that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, […]

External Opportunities: Wake Forest Offers Free Minority Corporate MBA Program

June 12, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Wake Forest University Free MBA program – Still accepting applications for Summer 2013! Wake Forest University offers minority students opportunity to attend its MBA program for FREE! The Master of Art […]

Diversity Issues: JFK’s Civil Rights Speech – 50th Anniversary

June 11, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

June 11, 2013 – Huffington Post article recounts the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s historic Civil Rights Address which called for legislation that later became the Civil Rights Act […]

Center Talk! Summer Humanities Institute 2013 Cohort

June 10, 2013/0 Comments/in Center Talk! Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Summer Humanities Institute Funded through generous grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Office of the University of California, starting this month, the UCLA Bunche Center for African […]

Afro-American Studies Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, June 15th

June 10, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Afro-American Studies Graduation The Afro-American Studies Graduation Ceremony will be held Saturday, June 15th, 2013, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fowler Museum – Lenart Auditorium. Unlike the […]

Afrikan Graduation Ceremony – "We Are the Architects of Our Future"

May 23, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

34th Annual Afrikan Graduation Ceremony The 34th Annual Afrikan Graduation Ceremony will take place at 5:00pm on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in UCLA’s Royce Hall. The theme of this year’s […]