The UCLA Race, Ethnicity and Politics Workshop welcomes Janelle S. Wong, Professor and Director of Asian American Studies at the University of Maryland, on Friday, January 22, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in 4357 Bunche Hall. Wong will present research from her recent journal article:“The Role of Born-Again Identity on the Political Attitudes of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, […]
Cross Theater Company and Pasadena Playhouse present Fly. Fly is written by Ricardo Khan and Trey Ellis, and directed by Khan himself; it is a play about the contributions of the first African-American Army Air Corp fighters, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, in desegregating the American military and how these men helped to further […]
The Bunche Center and the Aspire Sports Group present an evening of conversation with Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace. As a kickoff event for the 29 days of Black History Month 2016, the NBA player will discuss black culture, current events, and history with TV sportscaster, Drea Avent. This conversation, which will be taped […]
Paul Von Blum, Senior Lecturer in African American Studies and Communication Studies at UCLA and a Bunche Center affiliated faculty member, will discuss his new book, Civil Rights For Beginners.The book places the modern civil rights movement into a broader historical perspective and discusses the civil rights and liberation movements that the African American freedom […]
Join us for a private forum with Hollywood's most powerful black writers who are impacting the bottom line in TV & Film.RSVP required contact Flora Sweet at: flora@circleofonemarketing.com or cell (305) 576-3790 OneUnited Bank 3683 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016
Pedro Noguera, Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA, will discuss his new book, Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years from Brown. The book explores the current state of race since Brown v. Board of Education through the examination of social and educational policies and the impact they have on social progress. The book analyzes controversial […]
Written and Directed by UCLA student Romeo Curtis Brooks, Verona is an independent film about a young woman in the 1800s who is deprived of love and made a slave by her biological father. The film centralizes on her forbidden love story and takes viewers on the journey into the life of a slave woman.Haines […]
Howard Tibbs was a jazz/swing tenor saxophonist who performed with the military-Army Air Force bands and USO shows at segregatedbases and cities around the nation in the 1940s. Through letters, photos, and musical selections, Tibbs’ son Philip tells the story of his father and the men and women he served with (over 16,000 of them […]
Dr. Libby Lewis discusses her book, which explores the written and unwritten requirements Black journalists face in their efforts to get and keep jobs in television news. Informed by interviews with journalists themselves, Dr. Lewis examines how raced Black journalists and their journalism organizations process their circumstances and choose to respond to the corporate and […]
The Bunche Center’s Race and Hollywood Project’s 2016 Hollywood Diversity Report will be released. Dr. Darnell Hunt, Bunche Center Di-rector and lead author of the report, will discuss findings with co-authors Ana-Christina Ramon, Bunche Center Assistant Director, and Michael Tran, graduate student researcher. The annual report provides a comprehensive analysis of diversity (or the lack […]
