The African and African American studies department at OU is the premier place to study. African and African descendant people in the state of Oklahoma.
Norman, OK
Joined January 2018
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Exciting news! @UofOklahoma project teams have received @NHPRC grants! W/funding, these projects will foster collaboration in the production of historical/scholarly digital editions in African American Studies & Native American History & Ethnic Studies. tinyurl.com/77a5hs4a
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Robert Bailey, an associate professor of art history and assistant director of the School of Visual Arts in #OUFineArts, is working with Kalenda Eaton, Pete Froslie and Olivia Murphy at OU to explore the works and lives of Black artists with ties to Oklahoma.
ALT Shyanne Dickey, Tried and True, 2022, digital collage torn and mounted on panel with oil paint, image courtesy of the artist
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"Oklahoma offers important examples of the rich revolutionary past inside America’s Midwestern prisons and jails," writes @Thibs27 for the Black Western Conversations series sponsored by @AFAM_OU @OUArtsSciences @UofOklahoma. washingtonpost.com/made-by-h…
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"The Pacific was not simply a source of employment for Black Americans," writes Caroline Collins for the Black Western Conversations series sponsored by @AFAM_OU
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"Too often, Black Westerners are simply ignored or reduced to bit parts in the 'real' western drama," writes @AnthonyWWood in the first essay in the Black Western Conversations series sponsored by @AFAM_OU @OUArtsSciences @UofOklahoma. washingtonpost.com/made-by-h…
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The accolades continue for Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, the Paul and Carol Daube Sutton Chair for @OUArtsSciences, who was selected as the 2022 fiction winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois.
Read more: link.ou.edu/3yYD7EB
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The @oklabhp is excited to announce our new project website, thanks to @UNLGreatPlains.
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Mark your calendar for the OU Center for the Americas panel discussion on Caribbean Studies! The panel, featuring faculty from @OUHistDept, @AFAM_OU, and @OklahomaEnglish, will be held on Zoom Friday, November 12. Register now at bit.ly/3DxlfRQ.
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In a 3-1 vote, commutation is recommended! #JusticeforJulius
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Today is the day! JuSt Lunch with @AFAM_OU's Karlos K. Hill and @OU_SoVA's Barry Roseman at Noon, simulcast via Zoom. Email judaicstudies@ou.edu for link.
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Update: 9/1 noon JuSt Lunch featuring @AFAM_OU's Karlos K. Hill and @OU_SoVA's Barry Roseman to be simulcast over Zoom. Email judaicstudies@ou.edu for link.
@OUHistoryClub @OUHistDept @OUProvostNC @OklahomaEnglish @OUreligst @OUModLang @OUHillel @OUArtsSciences @OU_PACS @oucis
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The “very, very successful” film (my mom wasn’t afraid to brag on herself or her students) can be viewed on @okhistory website. Shout out again to @UofOklahoma @AFAM_OU @LangstonU @atthefifth for partnering on “Brother President.” You may also find my debut movie role here 🤣 – at Frisco, TX
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“My charge to you: Walk in the light. Always be vigilant."
The OU community welcomed @BerniceKing at @OUMedicine today for its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
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53 years later, Dr. George Henderson recalls the struggles of being the first African American family to live in Norman in the midst of desegregation.
Read more about the sundown town apology proclamation from @news9.
🔗 link.ou.edu/37GFAUu
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Thinking about my mom, Dr King, the King family & all who gave more than we could ever repay to craft a better world for all of us. We must not allow their lives & work to have been in vain. Much can & should be done, so no excuse to stay on the sidelines. #mlkjrday #MLK #Legacy
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Please spread words for National Julius Jones Petition Day, December 11th! Sign&RT!
@cecejonesdavis , @justice4julius is partnering w/ @Change
@CarolinaE1962 @KarineOmry @SandieNatasja @Martina @Areformedman @johanna_paivi @WrongConviction @EvidenceProf
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December 11th(Wednesday) is "National #JuliusJones Petition Day" @Change is coordinating w/ @justice4julius .
Petition: bit.ly/2Y4PXfj via @Change
Clemency Petition: justiceforjuliusjones.com/
Please read:
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TODAY: Final Execution of 2019… But wait… [ALSO - National #JuliusJones Petition Day!] link.medium.com/iC4k19HGk2 #TravisRunnels #StopExecutions #EndTheDeathPenalty #DeathPenalty @justice4julius @BringRodneyHome @FreeRodneyReed – at Bexley, OH