Taking Steps to Explore the Bronx
On Sept. 18, Fordham history professor Mark Naison led a walking tour of students and…
Browsing: African And African American Studies
New Book Captures Spirit of the Bronx at its Best
The publication this week of Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life…
Shapeshifters
Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship by Aimee Meredith Cox, assistant professor of African…
Bronx Black History Archives Open to Public
The stories of hundreds of Bronx African Americans who have transformed the borough’s character since…
Lives of Enslaved Women Honored in UN Symposium
Though countless African women and their descendants were enslaved, exploited, and oppressed in the United…
Professor’s New Book Finds Expression in Dance
Research meets motion this week at the Joyce Theater, as choreographer Camille A. Brown and…
Groundbreaking Book on Urban Struggle Gets New Life in Updated Version
When it was first published in 1993, Greg Donaldson’s book The Ville, was lauded by…
50 Years Later, Reflecting Back on Legacy of Malcolm X
On Feb.21, 1965, civil rights leader Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in…
University Mourns Passing of Founding Member of African-American Studies Department
Quinton Bernard Wilkes, Ph.D., GSAS ‘69, ’77, a founding member of Fordham’s Department of African…
Actor Danny Glover Brings His Film On Slavery To Campus
In 1795, one man dared to lead an uprising against the people who were enslaving…