My name is Yuichiro Onishi. I teach in the Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) and the Program in Asian American Studies. I just stepped in as chair of AA…
In the wake of George Floyd's murder, African American & African Studies core and affiliate faculty offer perspectives on the policing crisis and the imperative of racial…
Peoria, Ill., was a place where marketers and politicians honed their messages. The pandemic and protests have made clear the sharply different realities of its Black and…
Minnesota is home to some of the greatest racial disparities in the country, according to an NAACP report from 2019. Professor Keith Mayes talks to Kare11 about Minnesota's…
Junior Robel Tedros used his time during distance learning to spend quality time with family and focus on physical and mental health. “What inspires me to keep moving forward…
Professor Yuichiro Onishi of the Departments of African American & African Studies and Asian American Studies writes about the history and current relationships between Black…
To commemorate Juneteenth, Morning Show host Jill Riley invited Dr. Keith Mayes, a professor in the department of African-American and African studies, to have a conversation…
This interview at LitHub on the Podcast Fiction/Non/Fiction features Associate Professor Terrion Williamson of African American & African Studies and Assistant Professor V. V…
"Minnesota was known to be a white progressive state, but that doesn't mean that racism was absent from the state," says Keith Mayes, a professor in the department of African…