Discussing her book Megan Ming Francis is the author of Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Francis’s work sits at the intersection of American politics, race, constitutional law, and history. Francis earned a PhD from the Department of Politics at Princeton University and a BA in Political […]

Jeff Chang received his Masters in Asian American Studies atUCLA and he has written extensively on culture, politics, thearts, and music. His book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History ofthe Hip-Hop Generation, garnered the American Book Awardand several other honors.Co-founder of ColorLines and CultureStr/ke, he was alsonamed by The Utne Reader as one of “50 […]

The Entertainment Media & Intellectual Property Law Program The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies & The Critical Race Studies Program present a discussion forum on The CBS Network and Diversity in Hollywood.UCLA School of Law Room 1347

Michael Datcher will discuss his forthcoming book, Americus. Datcher is the author of critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Raising Fences. Datcher teaches poetry, literary nonfiction and journalism at Loyola Marymount University where he is a Clinical professor. He received his B.A. from UC Berkeley and his M.A. from UCLA. You may visit his website […]

PHOTOETRY: Poetry and Photography from South Central (Figueroa Press 2013) is a collection of poetry and photography inspired by life in Los Angeles featuring the work of photographers Sam Bendall, Adam Tillman-Young, Ammer Espy, Kim Soria, and Charisse Sims. Sims is a poet, essayist and adjunct English Professor teaching Composition and Creative Writing at Cal […]

In honor of the 2014-2015 IAC Visiting Researchers and Scholars, Graduate & Predoctoral Fellows, and Research Grant AwardeesTuesday, November 18, 20144:30 pm - 7:00 pmUCLA Faculty Center, California Room

Images in Blackness - Oral History, Documentary, & Scripted Works Based on Real Life is a film series that will feature filmmakers and scholars whose work explores the impact and the absence of diverse artists has on the entertainment industry. The first presentation will feature Thomas Allen Harris discussing his film, which is a unique […]

Co-author Karin Stanford will discuss the memoir of the late Wayne Pharr, Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival (2014: Chicago Review Press). Pharr was an active member of the Black Panther Party in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Dr. Stanford is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the […]