Department of African American Studies

2019 News Archive

Sex Offender Residence Restrictions and Homelessness

Hundreds of South Carolina sex offenders are released every year from prison. A key barrier to these offenders re-entering society, is finding housing.

Momentum

Artistic directors Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis have been selected to participate in Momentum

AFAM Studies Director Pens New Book

African American Studies Director and English professor Qiana Whitted has just written and released her latest book "EC Comics: Race, Shock and Social Protest."

Migratuse Ataraxia debut

If you've ever wondered what life was like for enslaved Africans, Associate Professors Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis are going to take us (back) there.

Black Women in Folklore

"Black Women in Folklore," AFAM 398-Y01/WGST 430, taught by Nancy Tolson, AFAM

Young, Gifted, and Black

Young, Gifted, and Black: An Interview with Comic Book Writer Chuck Brown

Freedom in Congo Square

African American Studies Helps Bring Award-Winning Author to Columbia

AFAM goes to Washington

The AFAM Studies Program is going to Washington, D.C for Fall Break this October 10 - 13, 2019.

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