African American Studies

The Department of African American Studies supports interdisciplinary research focusing on race as a social construction. It is at the forefront of the intellectual development in the study and understanding of issues of great importance to African Americans as well as those of the other societies and communities of African descent throughout the world.

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Related Pages
Department of African American Studies
American Studies
Center for African Studies
Bancroft Library

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