Stories about "African American Studies"
Noted photographer Chester Higgins Jr. to offer presentation
Friday, April 26, 2013 4:18 pm
Chester Higgins Jr., a photographer for the New York Times whose images have appeared in exhibitions all over the world, visits Bates to give a talk titled Dancing with My Spirit on May 1.
Biographer of the Rev. Benjamin Mays ’20 to speak at Bates
Friday, March 22, 2013 11:30 am
Bates presents award-winning Benjamin Mays biographer Randal Maurice Jelks on March 25.
CANCELED: Feb. 11 talk by author of ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:19 pm
Please watch bates.edu/events for information about a new date for DeGruy.
As nation ponders rich-poor divide, King Day observances to explore debt and inequality
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:51 am
Spotlighting a less-known aspect of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, King Day at Bates will explore issues of economic justice.
Intercultural Education office presentations represent diverse interests
Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:27 pm
The Office of Intercultural Education offers four autumn presentations exploring topics relating to the LGBT, African American and Latino/a experiences.
Faculty tenure appointments, promotions take effect in August
Monday, June 18, 2012 11:10 pm
The faculty members are "outstanding scholars and teachers who have made many contributions to knowledge in their fields."
In NAACP project, students get fresh lesson in value of old papers
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:44 pm
Thanks to a two-year collaboration among the Portland branch of the NAACP, the University of Southern Maine and Bates, valuable papers of the Portland branch are being made accessible to researchers and the public for the first time.
Press Herald interviews historian Miller ’96 on early civil rights movement
Monday, March 12, 2012 11:08 am
The Portland Press Herald’s Ray Routhier offers a Q&A interview with Eben…
For Unity Conference, Amandla! presents expert on racial wealth gap
Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:37 am
An expert on public policy and racial inequality, Thomas Shapiro speaks on the racial wealth gap on Feb. 11.
Cultural critic Touré to speak in Feb. 8 OIE event
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:41 am
Touré, a journalist and commentator whom Newsweek editor Tina Brown described as "a one-man media conglomerate," offers his views on race, identity and 21st-century America at Bates on Feb. 8.