MU Black Studies

In a unanimous vote, the council supported a complaint addressed to MU Chancellor and UM System President Mun Choi.

MU's Department of Black Studies (and its Peace Studies department) are co-hosting a free, two-day, in-person and online conference next week called 'Peace and Security in Africa and the African Diaspora'. Professor DAIVE DUNKLEY is here to tell us what to expect and how you can take part! Also, Broadway Christian Church minister TERRY OVERFELT and Central Missouri Humane Society associate director MICHELLE CASEY invite everyone to the 13th 'Blessing of the Beasts' event this Sunday at BCC in Columbia. (4:52) October 2, 2023

The theme of the 2023 Black Studies Conference is 'Peace and Security in Africa and the Africa Diaspora'. DAIVE DUNKLEY, chair, MU Black Studies Department, tells us what we can expect to take away from this year's "truly international and interdisciplinary" conference, happening over two days in October on the MU campus (so mark your calendar now!). May 9, 2023

The theme of this year's Black History Month is 'Black Resistance'. Author and Chair of MU Dept. of Black Studies, DAIVE DUNKLEY, explains: "when we reflect on resistance, we're also reflecting on why people are resisting." February 1, 2023

"We are bringing the world to Missouri." So says DAIVE DUNKLEY ahead of the very first University of Missouri Peace Studies Conference, happening later this month at both Ellis Library and the State Historical Society of Missouri, and you're invited! The theme is Peacemaking and Peace-building in Modern Societies. Additional guest: JOAN STACK September 8, 2022

To commemorate what would normally be the weekend that True/False comes to town, the popular film festival is playing host to something it's calling the…

Applications are now being accepted for Voluntary Action Center's latest program, Homes for Computers. NICK FOSTER tells us who is eligible to apply and a…

The State Historical Society of Missouri is honoring Black History Month with an exhibit titled, 'Exodus: Images of Black Migration in Missouri and…

Much has come from the November 2015 protests here at MU. One upcoming series of discussions on race will occur in a new course that begins in January. A…

Last Friday, the MU Black Studies Department hosted Dr. Marc Lamont Hill to moderate a community conversation and reflection on the race and social…