Black Studies at UMass Dartmouth

07/02/2024

Extremely sad to learn of the passing of a distant mentor and pioneer. Dr Nathan Hare was the chair of the very first Black Studies program at a university. The program grew out of the free school program offered by the Black Panther Party and was subsequently housed at San Francisco State.

Of course, in true PWI fashion, as soon as they realized Dr Hare was a house negro in the tradition of Gabriel Prosser or Nat Turner, he was relieved of his position, but not before creating a template that would be replicated across the country.

In 2011, when I became director of the Black Studies program (formerly African/African American Studies) at UMass Dartmouth I reached out to Dr Hare and was blessed with sound advice and wise counsel including the words, “if you really do a good job, they’ll come for you in 4-5 years on some bullsh*t.” Jeanette Riley (former Dean of CAS) was like clockwork, but I digress.

Black Scholar magazine was a favorite read in college and grad school.

Thank you Dr Hare and reside in paradise.

12/01/2023

TONIGHT at UMass Dartmouth!!!

Our students have organized a good, old school open mic!

11/03/2023

Listen Carefully…

Check out Wesker's video.

11/03/2023

Time passes and outrages can be forgotten .

Let us not forget the name of attempted murderer, John Sheenan, nor that his father owns Freedom cruise line in Harwich, MA.

Boycotts we’re meant for this.

10/07/2023

Join us Nov 4th for
The Poly-Groove Records R***e!!!
@ Cotuit Center for the Arts

03/10/2020

Harriet Tubman passed in 1913. Born Araminta Ross, she escaped the bonds of slavery as a young woman in the early 1800s. She returned to the South many times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad to lead other African Americans to freedom. She later earned the nickname “Moses,” a biblical reference alluding to the Book of Exodus, and the story of the prophet Moses leading the Hebrews to freedom out of Egypt.

During the Civil War, Tubman served as a spy, nurse, and cook for Union Forces. In 1863, she helped free more than 700 African Americans during a raid in South Carolina—a feat that earned her the nickname "General Tubman." Tubman guided Union soldiers along the Combahee River to capture Confederate land. Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War. Since 2003, the state of New York has commemorated Tubman on March 10th.

See objects belonging to Harriet Tubman in our collection: s.si.edu/2mbvZNs

10/17/2019

Elijah Cummings (January 18, 1951 - October 17, 2019) was an American politician and the member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district.
The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, most of the majority-black precincts of Baltimore County, as well as most of Howard County. He previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was a member of the Democratic Party and chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Cummings was born on January 18, 1951 in Baltimore, the son of Ruth Elma (née Cochran) and Robert Cummings.
He was the third child of seven. Cummings graduated with honors from the Baltimore City College high school in 1969.

He later attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he served in the student government as sophomore class president, student government treasurer and later student government president. He became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science.

Cummings graduated from law school at the University of Maryland School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1976, and was admitted to the Maryland Bar later that year.
He practiced law for 19 years before first being elected to the House in the 1996 elections.

Cummings received 12 honorary doctoral degrees from universities across America, most recently an honorary doctorate of public service from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2017.

09/09/2019

A lie does not become the truth ... just because it is accepted by a majority. ~ Booker T Washington

(via Coffee Party USA)

06/12/2019

Medgar Evers, WWII war veteran and Civil Rights activist, was murdered by a white supremacist in Jackson, Mississippi.

02/01/2019

Here is to kicking off February - Black History Month! -

Shirley Chisholm 1924-2005 By Debra Michals, PhD | 2015 Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her m...

11/21/2018

New Plays by UMass Dartmouth Students To Be Presented At The Reading Stage. The 8th Reading Stage @ UMass Dartmouth presents public readings of ten-minute plays by UMass Dartmouth Students, as a part of a service learning activity in arts and civic engagement. - PR12741012