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African American Studies

Help support undergraduate and graduate students committed to producing, refining, and advancing knowledge of Black people.

You can support an intellectual community committed to producing, refining and advancing knowledge of Black people in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.

The undergraduate degree program in African American Studies exposes students to the social, political, and cultural history of African-descended people in the modern world. The Ph.D. program in African Diaspora Studies is the first such program of its kind, training students to theorize about the African Diaspora and racialized Blackness across history, social institutions, culture, and geographical location.

Undergraduate and graduate students learn to examine the world from an Africana-informed perspective, examine various forms and inequality, and achieve their personal and professional goals. Department members are united by a relentless commitment to pushing the boundaries of knowledge through excellence in scholarship and pedagogy that are at once interdisciplinary and innovative.

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If the College of Letters & Science recruits 1,500 donors to any of its funds, a generous donor on the L&S Advisory Board will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund.
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L&S Advisory Board Challenge #5: 2,400 Donors
A generous donor has challenged the College of Letters & Science to beat its 2023 Big Give total and secure 2,400 donors in order to unlock another $10,000 (for a total of $50,000) for the L&S Leadership Fund!
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L&S Advisory Board Challenge #2: 1,000 Donors
A generous donor will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund when 1,000 donors make gifts to any College of Letters & Science fund.
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$10,000
L&S Advisory Board Challenge #4: 2,000 Donors
A generous donor will contribute another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund as soon as 2,000 donors give to any fund at the College of Letters & Science.
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