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In Memoriam, Africana Studies faculty remember Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Satoshi Ito by Omiyemi (Artisia) Green

Hermine Pinson of Africana Studies remembers Sidney Poitier the Bahamian-American actor, film director, and diplomat.

Hermine Pinson, the Frances L. & Edwin L. Cummings Professor of English and Africana Studies at W&M, will explore some of her favorite pieces of work in the fall 2021 Tack Faculty Lecture.

The Omohundro Institute at �鶹�ƽ�� has joined a multi-institutional partnership to document the lives of individuals who either were enslaved, owned slaves, were connected to the slave trade, and/or worked to emancipate individuals and families held in bondage.

�鶹�ƽ�� is celebrating Juneteenth for the first time on June 19 with a virtual event featuring performances, remarks from community leaders and more. The event is part of a community-wide celebration of the holiday, which marks the day on which news about the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas.

�鶹�ƽ�� is recognizing Black History Month with a number of events, beginning this Friday.

Yusef Salaam spoke at �鶹�ƽ��’s 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration before a crowd of faculty, staff, students and community members who filled the Sadler Center’s Commonwealth Auditorium.

�鶹�ƽ�� Associate Professor Omiyẹmi Artisia Green's "Dance of the Orcas," which she has termed a choreo-ritual that incorporates dance, music and prose, will be performed Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Commonwealth Auditorium.

“Building on the Legacy: African Americans at �鶹�ƽ��,” an illustrated history, was written by Jacquelyn McLendon, professor of English, emerita, and was released this month.

W&M News recently talked with Robert Trent Vinson, Frances L. and Edwin L. Cummings Professor of History and Africana Studies, about 1619, its significance and its part in the upcoming ASWAD conference.

In his �鶹�ƽ�� doctoral dissertation, Travis Harris Ph.D. '19 details how residents of the predominantly African American neighborhood of Magruder were displaced when the Navy took over their property to build Camp Peary in the early 1940s.

Zambia’s National HIV/AIDS Council needed a system that would provide information on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment broken down by age and gender. AidData, a research lab at �鶹�ƽ��, gave it to them.

On Friday, May 3, the university honored the 2019 recipients for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research and service to the �鶹�ƽ�� community.

Lemon Project Director Jody Allen discusses the history of the project, its accomplishments and its goals for the future.

With the addition of Professor Iyabo Obasanjo as co-director, the increase of program offerings and larger presence within the COLL curriculum, the Center for African Development is on track to greatly expand its impact.

The event, titled “Celebrating Legacies, Constructing Futures: Four Hundred Years of Black Community and Culture,” will include a meeting of the Universities Studying Slavery consortium and a keynote address by Christy Coleman, chief executive officer of the American Civil War Museum, along with multiple panel discussions.

Trinkle Hall at �鶹�ƽ�� was bustling with music, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit Feb. 1 in an event that highlighted the celebration of Black History Month and the collaboration of �鶹�ƽ�� students.

Ten days after the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., �鶹�ƽ�� students, faculty and staff joined with the greater Williamsburg community to commemorate his life and legacy.

Journalist Roland S. Martin will speak at �鶹�ƽ�� Jan. 31, 2019, as part of the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.

Grace Perkins ’14 is part of a U.S. government–led initiative to enable electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa by adding 30,000 megawatts of power generation and connecting 60 million new households and businesses to power by 2030.