African American Studies

The Department of African American Studies is an interdisciplinary field focusing on race as a social construction. It is at the forefront of the intellectual development in the study and understanding of issues of great importance to African Americans as well as those of the other societies and communities of African descent throughout the world.

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Department of African American Studies
American Studies
Center for African Studies
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