UMass Amherst AfroAm

UMass Amherst AfroAm Established in 1970, we are one of the most comprehensive Africana Studies departments in the world The W.E.B.

Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies is one of the largest such departments in the country, comprehensively offering a BA major/minor, MA, and PhD degrees for all students who wish in-depth knowledge of the history and culture of black people in the Americas and the worldwide African Diaspora.

09/07/2026

After a successful career as an actor in Los Angeles, Kymberly S. Newberry '22 MA, '24 PhD found herself drawn back to the power of art—and discovered a new calling along the way.

At UMass Amherst, the mentorship she found and the interdisciplinary education she pursued helped transform her curiosity into a career as a scholar, curator, and professor. Today, she's helping students and communities see the world through a different lens through the transformative power of art.

🔗 Read more about her remarkable journey: https://bit.ly/KNewberry

09/07/2026
09/01/2026

This is why We are Afro-American Studies.

08/27/2026

Shout out to Watch The Yardfor the feature. I’m truly humbled and grateful to be recognized in a space that has become such an important chronicler of Black college culture and the Divine Nine.

In this article, they talk about my faith, my fight for justice, and my fraternal life. That really does tell the story.

There is no contradiction between my faith and my fight for justice. My faith demands that I pursue justice. And there is no contradiction between either of those and my fraternal life. Brotherhood, service, scholarship, leadership, and lifting our people are all part of the same calling.

I don’t have to compartmentalize who I am.

I can be a preacher and a protester.
A bishop and a brother.
Committed to the Gospel and committed to justice.
Firm in my faith and proud of my fraternity.

Faith. Fight. Fraternity.
Different expressions. Same commitment to service.

Thank you, Watch The Yard, for telling a piece of my story. 🤎✊🏾

Talbert Swan

New semester blessings to our colleagues at Amherst College!
08/26/2026

New semester blessings to our colleagues at Amherst College!

This is us! We are your Black Studies Department at Amherst College. Welcome Freshman & Welcome Back Upperclassmen!

08/26/2026

Harvard University spent years researching a Hingham woman’s genealogy without her knowledge.

They discovered she is a descendant of a man who had been enslaved by a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers. A Globe reporter told her the news. https://trib.al/vr239SJ

08/25/2026

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