Hunt on Minority Snub at 2015 Oscars
January 16, 2015 — Bunche Center Director Darnell Hunt was featured in a number of stories about the exclusion of minorities from major category nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards. Indeed, […]
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Archivist Uncovers Lost Recording of MLK at UCLA
January 15, 2015 – Archivist finds long-lost recording of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA. To read the full article, Click Here.
Diversity Issues: The Ivy League and the 1%
January 15, 2015 – Former Thurgood Marshall lecturer Lani Guinier writes in Salon.com about Ivy Leagues and the 1%. To read the full article, Click Here. For more information on […]
Race and Hollywood: ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat Looks at Asian American Family Life
The Los Angeles Times talks with producers and cast of “Fresh Off the Boat,” ABC’s midseason series about an Asian American family. To read the full article, Click Here. For […]
Race & Hollywood: Minorities Snubbed at Oscar Nominations
Looking at this year’s nominations, The Atlantic comments how the Oscars, “…haven’t been this white since 1995.” To read the full article, Click Here. Also, KCPP checks in with […]
Price Discusses Economies of Enjoyment and Terror in Django Unchained and 12 Years A Slave
Zachary Price, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Assistant Researcher in the UCLA Department of African American Studies, recently published an article in The Postcolonialist about the “Economies of Enjoyment and Terror in […]
Cheryl Harris Moderates Discussion on Race & Social Inequality 1/14/15
Unequal Ground: Race and Social Inequality in America Today
Culver City’s MLK Day Celebration – This Saturday – 1/17/15
Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at this annual community celebration.
Huggins & Carter Commemoration at Campbell Hall – 1/23/15
On Jan. 17 1969, Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins were fatally shot inside UCLA’s Campbell Hall. The shooting occured during a meeting convened by the Black Student Union, after an argument erupted […]
Ferguson Update – Juror Sues Prosecutor
(Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) January 6, 2015 – The Los Angeles Times reports on a juror seeking to sue the prosecutor for the right to talk about the […]