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The late Professor Charles Mills
In remembrance of our colleague Professor Charles Mills
Professor Mills died on the evening of Monday, September 20th. In addition to his body of work, many of us will remember his good-humored, wry intelligence and, most particularly, his generous criticism and…
Several people hold banner that reads Erase the Gang Database
Andy Clarno address the impact of police and gang databases
Andy Clarno, UIC associate professor of Sociology and Black Studies, addresses the impact of police gang databases in a story published by The Daily Line and Block Club Chicago.
Professor Beth Ritchie provides insight on restorative justice
UIC Black Studies Professor Beth Richie discusses how legal solutions alone are not enough for addressing domestic and sexual violence.
Associate Professor Natasha Barnes in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on faculty of color tenure denials
Natasha Barnes, UIC associate professor of English and Black studies, is quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on tenure denials and the faculty of color, including Nicole Hannah-Jones and Cornel West,…
Professor Jane Rhodes featured on Chicago Tonight Black Voices
Jane Rhodes, UIC professor of Black studies, joined WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight: Black Voices” to discuss how comments from professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones following her experience at the University of North…
View of “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: The Sapphire Show” at Ortuzar Projects. In the foreground, Suzanne Jackson’s amoeba-shaped painting “Rag-to-Wobble” (2020) includes vintage dress hangers.
Prof. Jane Rhodes interviewed in New York Times about Ortuzar Projects' Exhibition
A man drops off a ballot during early voting in Athens, Ga., in October 2020. A new study finds that white boys who grew up with Black neighbors were more likely to register as Democrats 70 years later.
Professor Forman quoted in LA Times Article
Photos of Fred Hampton and Bill O'Neal next to the actors that portrayed them
Jane Rhodes interviewed on WGN News Story, Fred Hampton: Fact vs. Fiction
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Dave Stovall was a featured panelist on "Chicago Tonight: Black Voices" to discuss the Chauvin trial, racial justice, and policing
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Dave Stovall quoted in Wisconsin Public Radio story on racially hostile environments at Burlington Schools
David Stovall, a criminology professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago who studies the intersection of race and school, said that while some districts might be called out through complaint processes like DPI's or via lawsuits...