One ran from a barreling semi-truck; another got tear-gassed by police. Professor of African American & African Studies Terrion Williamson is quoted in this article by The…
Though blacks make up only one in five residents in Minneapolis, they account for more than 60 percent of use of force cases. Professor Keith Mayes of the Department of…
'Clearly what we did wasn't enough,' says Janee Harteau of efforts to improve relations. Professor Keith Mayes of the Department of African American & African Studies is…
Ian Hanomansing talks to Keith Mayes, a professor at the department of African American and African studies at the University of Minnesota, about race relations in the…
The May 25 death of George Floyd, 46, marks one more chapter in a long history for America — and for Minneapolis, which has been the site of protests in the days following…
Professor Victoria Bomba Coifman studies short and long distance migrations of West African peoples from early times to the present, the factors that motivated or forced them…
University of Minnesota Professor of African American and African Studies Keith Mayes discusses how the social and health care inequities that existed prior to the coronavirus…