HISTORY & MISSION
1968
Center for the Study of Afro-American History and Culture
Students Virgil Roberts and J. Daniel Johnson meet with administrators to establish protocols for the center.
Center for Afro-American Studies (CAAS)
Founded
1969
1972
Center sponsors Nommo, featuring activities of black faculty, students and staff at UCLA
B.A. in Afro-American Studies
Established
1974
1977
CAAS Newsletter
Launched
Symposium on “Walter Rodney, Revolutionary and Scholar: A Tribute”
1981
1987
Thurgood Marshall Lecture on Law and Human Rights
Established
Life in a Day of Black L.A. photos travel as an exhibit.
1993
2001
Summer Humanities Institute (SHI)
Established with grant from Mellon Foundation
Kenny Burrell Archive of African American Music
Professor and musician Kenny Burrell donated personal items to establish the Kenny Burrell Archive of African American Music.
2002
2003
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
The Center was renamed after Nobel Prize winner, scholar, activist, and UCLA alumnus Ralph J. Bunche, in commemoration of the centenary of his birth.
Black Los Angeles Project
The Center culminates the Black Los Angeles Project with release of Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities, published by NYU Press.
2010
2014
From IDP to Department
The Department of African American Studies was established in the summer of 2014.
Funding for Research on Black Life
The Bunche Center was distinguished and supported as a priority research think tank by the California Legislative Black Caucus.
2018
2019
Black Policy Project
BPP is a multifaceted policy oriented research initiative housed within the Bunche Center.
Rising to the Challenge
Bunche Center will facilitate the new research initiative laid-out by Chancellor Block, EVC and Provost Carter.
2020
