Professor Christina Greene discussed her latest book, FREE JOAN LITTLE: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence and Imprisonment, as a part of the Schomburg series: Conversations in Black Freedom Studies on March 7th. Greene was joined by scholars Scholars Anastasia Curwood and Suzanne Cope to discuss the role of Black women in movements for justice and …
“Black teachers are expected to improve the racial literacy of their colleagues and school culture while simultaneously experiencing burnout from racial battle fatigue.” Jessica Lee Stovall, a current fellow in the Department of African American Studies, has published a piece in Volume 113 of the English Journal titled “Black Teachers’ Use of Liberatory Design to …
Reverend Dr. Alex Gee, a UW-Madison alumnus and lifelong community advocate for change, will be conferred the honorary doctorate of humane letters at the spring 2024 commencement ceremony. Reverend Dr. Gee will be recognized for his outstanding community work pursuing equity in the state of Wisconsin. Rev. Dr. Gee is the Lead Pastor of Fountain …
Dr. Linda Perkins will be giving a Book Talk on Thursday, April 11th at 2:30 in the Pyle Center, Room 310. Perkins will be discussing her latest book, To Advance the Race: Black Women’s Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s, forthcoming in April from the University of Illinois Press. This event is co-sponsored …
African American Studies Department fellow Jessica Lee Stovall publishes article: “Cycles of Fugitivity: How Black Teacher Fugitive Space Shapes Black Teacher Pedagogies”