Griffin writes in a foreword that Obama’s choice of skirts and slacks, and her support of emerging Black, Asian, and Latina designers, “lent style to her substance.”
Funding from Mellon’s jazz initiative also goes to jazz institutions in Chicago and Los Angeles.
More than 30 alumni, family and friends attended an alumni reception at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
The event featured community of Black Studies educators, thought leaders, students, and advocates in a public dialogue to chart paths toward repair and revitalization.
The award is in recognition of his work building pathways for queer and trans artists of color and preserving the cultural legacy of the Kiki ballroom community.
Professor Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection "We’re Alone."
The Department and IRAAS recently organized a community-based program as part of an effort to build upon the rich legacy of the black studies movement at Columbia.
The exhibit explores how generations of Black Oakland communities faced waves of dispossession.
Griffin becomes the first member of the Department appointed to the highest academic distinction Columbia confers on faculty.
Remarks by Columbia College Dean Sorett speech to students at Class Day on May 20.
Video includes interviews with department chair Mabel O. Wilson, director of graduate studies, Brandi Summers and more.