Karl Lyn, doctoral candidate in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, has been awarded a $25,000 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant within the Cultural Anthropology Program from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NS
AMHERST John Bracey, a pioneer in Black studies and founding member of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, died over the weekend at 81, according to the university.Chancellor Kumble R..
AMHERST John Bracey, a pioneer in Black studies and founding member of the W.E.B Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, died over the weekend at 81, according to the university.Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy.
AMHERST John Bracey, a pioneer in Black studies and founding member of the W.E.B Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, died over the weekend at 81, according to the university.Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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When Ervin Dyer arrived in Pittsburgh more than 30 years ago as a reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he realized there were many stories left untold about the city’s Black communities. As he began to tell them, he quickly recognized the “spirit of independence” in communities like Hazelwood, East Liberty and the Hill District that pushed residents to fight for better lives. For example, the Hill District, Pittsburgh’s oldest Black community, was once known as “Little Hayti,” to align itself with the independence of Haiti in 1804. “In the Hill District, you see people fighting for better education and for having a say in what happens in their community. That advocacy is a direct legacy of Haiti’s independence. It’s something Hill residents haven’t given up on,” Dyer said.