A theologian of extraordinary eloquence and poetic vision, Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was also a key figure in social justice movements in the United States in the 1960s and early 70s, including the civil rights movement, the movement against the war in Vietnam, and the transformations of the Catholic Church known as Vatican II.
Please join us at a screening of the critically acclaimed film, 42. The film is based on Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, I Never Had It Made, which is the UCLA Common Book for the 2014-2015 academic year. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with industry professionals, former Dodgers, and academic scholars. The […]
Vanessa Tyson is a visiting assistant professor in the Departments of African Ameri-can Studies and Political Science at UCLA and is this year’s IAC Visiting Scholar at the Bunche Center. Her research focuses on intersections of race, gender and class with American political institutions and policy formulation. She is completing her first book, Twists of […]
Prof. Jemina PierreThe event will be held the Bunche Library & Media Center – Haines 135 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Kimberly Mack is a Ph.D. Candidate in English, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century African-American literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. Her dissertation, The Fictional Black Blues Figure: Blues Music and the Art of Narrative Self-Invention, explores the autobiographical impulse in contemporary American blues fiction, drama, and popular music. Kimberly is also a […]
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a nationally acclaimed author and social issues commenta-tor. He is a syndicated columnist and a feature contributor to the Huffington Post. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and the San Francisco Chronicle. Hutchinson is […]
Join us for a candid conversation with John Densmore as he talks with Bunche Cen-ter scholars about the relationship between music and social movements.UCLA Faculty Center—Hacienda Room
Kim Williams formed Ink Spot Entertainment in 2012 to create honest and engaging stories geared toward African American audiences. “The Unwritten Rules” is based on her fictional diary 40 Hours and an Unwritten Rule: The Diary of a Nigger, Negro, Colored, Black, African-American Woman. “Everything I Did Wrong in My Twenties” premiered June 25, 2014. […]
Kenny Burrell Directs Jazz Groups as Part of UCLA Spring Fest of World Music & JazzThe UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of EthnomusicologypresentsSpring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2015May 15 – June 2, 2015Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
Kenny Burrell Directs Jazz Groups as Part of UCLA Spring Fest of World Music & JazzThe UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of EthnomusicologypresentsSpring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2015May 15 – June 2, 2015Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
