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Better access to technology can help African Americans bridge the healthcare gap

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Design justice scholar Sasha Costanza-Chock to speak at Center for Black Studies Research
Black Studies professor in front of an art installation
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Matt Perko
Sharon Tettegah

‘Empathic education’ may unlock STEM learning success for all
European Renaissance painting of Black woman blowing bubble gum in a gold frame on a blue wall with highlighted images of other Black Renaissance figures
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Courtesy UCSB MCC
Connecting the past to the present, the documentary "We Were Here" sparks conversations about representation, belonging and historical memory.

Europe’s hidden Black Africans of the Renaissance
black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial
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Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963.

Campus events honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle for equality
black and white photo of four african american men wearing striped prison uniforms in the late 1800s
Image from "Slavery by Another Name" documentary

Center for Black Studies Research launches documentary series with ‘Slavery by Another Name’
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Percival Everett, author of "James" (Doubleday 2024)

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses reimagining ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and Black narratives with UCSB’s Stephanie Batiste
Headshot of Sabrina Strings a Black woman with yellow shirt and drop earings
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Black Studies Professor Sabrina Strings

How the romantic institution props-up a racialized dating landscape
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Matt Perko
Jeffrey C. Stewart

Historian Jeffrey Stewart elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his work in the visual arts
A collage image of the photos and books related to Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson
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Jonathan Rissmeyer/UCSB Library
The collection reflects the careers of the Robinsons, renowned for their seminal scholarship and activism that had wide-ranging influence.

New collection will enable discovery and exploration of the influential work of Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson
two-panel painting by social justice artist Ty Rawls
Painting by social justice artist Tyhib Rawls for UCSB's Black Student Union

Black studies conference examines criminal legal system, unveils new social justice art
Ingrid Banks
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Carolyn Casey
Ingrid Banks, associate professor of Black studies

‘The College Board really didn’t know the history of Black studies’
Inez Beverly Prosser superimposed over a classroom
Inez Beverly Prosser is known as the first Black woman psychologist in the United States.

Groundbreaking work of four prominent Black psychologists featured for the first time in American Psychologist
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