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COSA Presentations AAAS
A list of CoSA presentations that came from the loins of the African American & Africana Studies program.
Confrontation: Black Vs White
An article from the Ursinus Weekly by Byron Jackson explaining the importance of uplifting the presence of the Black community.
SPINT Housing: African American and Africana Studies House
The first image is the Ursinus College Course Catalogue from 2011-2013. This section specifically focuses on the residence halls here at Ursinus College. One of the houses offered is the American History & Africana Studies House. This house fell…
“Black History Celebrated Across Ursinus Campus”
Staff writer, Nipun Suri, wrote “Black History Celebrated Across Ursinus Campus” on February 22, 2000, from the Ursinus student newspaper, The Grizzly. Paulette Patton was key in planning and creating cultural and artistic events designed to educate…
Combining Race and College
This article focuses on a new course called “Race and University” taught in Fall of 2018 started by Dr. Patricia Lott, an Assistant Professor of African American and Africana Studies. The course is described as a digital project where students create…
Can a Black Man Find Happiness at Ursinus? Well...
The article was a student-conducted interview between Richard Whaley, the interviewer and creator of the article, and Nathaniel Dupree, a black political science major at the time. In this interview, the two discuss Nathaniel's general happiness on…
Black And Beautiful
“Black and Beautiful” is a newspaper article contained in volume 67 of The Ursinus Weekly. Published on January 11th, 1968, this article serves as a form of student activism geared towards dismantling the white supremacy in the 60s and 70s. Written…
African American and Africana Studies Minor Requirement description
“African American and Africana Studies” is the minor requirement description written by the office of the Registrar and published in the 2004-2005 Ursinus College Course Catalog. The African American and Africana Studies program allows students to…
African American and Africana Studies Professor, 1999
This image is of one of the professors who taught African heritage and Africana areas of study at Ursinus in 1999 — Dr. Nzadi Keita. She was teaching courses in this subject area before the program existed. Additionally, Dr. Keita was one of the few…
"Focus: Nate Dupree"
“Focus: Nate Dupree Can a Black Man Find Happiness at Ursinus? Well…” is an interview written by Richard Whaley and published November 7, 1974 Ursinus Weekly. In the interview Dupree mentions that he would like to add a Black studies program and…