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Congratulations to the #Classof2026 and a shout out to our award recipients: James Macon Evans III and Kai Imani Joy McCall, Wendell Jean-Pierre Award; Chiamaka P. Nwanoro, Merit Award! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @RUNafam for individual spotlights of our awardees.

Upcoming release on April 29! Prof. Melanie Hill’s "Colored Women Sittin’ on High" focuses on the ways in which black women preachers in African American literature, music, and in the space of the pulpit counter social injustices through sermon and song. #WomensHistoryMonth

Prof. Naomi Jackson’s “The Star Side of Bird Hill,” which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, is a coming-of-age story about two sisters from Brooklyn who are sent to live with their grandmother in Barbados after their mother can no longer care for them. #WomensHistoryMonth

Prof. Jamilah Malika Abu-Bakare's art & writing centers Black women. Her “Listen to Black Women” (excerpt) plays with language to make evident the verbal, gestural, & embodied feats of dexterity that are performed daily by Black women as a means of survival. #WomensHistoryMonth

In “Caribbean Middlebrow,” Prof. Belinda Edmondson challenges the assumption that Caribbean culture is split into elite highbrow culture and authentic working-class culture by showing the existence of a middle-class popular culture that is gendered as female. #WomensHistoryMonth

In “Getting Played,” Prof. Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of the harsh realities for African American young women in disadvantaged communities and explores how violence is linked to their daily lives in poor urban neighborhoods. #WomensHistoryMonth

Continue to follow our socials for the remainder of March for more highlights of scholarship focused on black women. #WomensHistoryMonth

#RutgersGivingDays Thank you for your support of the Africana Studies Experiential Learning Fund! Your contributions will go a long way in supporting Rutgers-Newark student learning opportunities in New Jersey, the United States, and the world to supplement in-class learning.

#RutgersGivingDays For alum Monben Mayon, following her passion to major in Africana Studies was instrumental for her career/future path. Support students' experiential learning experiences by giving to the Africana Studies Experiential Learning Fund! go.rutgers.edu/AfricanaGivin…

#RutgersGivingDays Alum Jonae Potter-Gill shares how studying abroad has shaped her life as well as her confidence and passion for traveling. Support students' experiential learning experiences by giving to the Africana Studies Experiential Learning Fund! go.rutgers.edu/AfricanaGivin…

March 12-13 are #RutgersGivingDays! If you can, please donate to the Africana Studies Experiential Learning Fund that supports @Rutgers_Newark student learning opportunities in NJ, the US, and the world to supplement in-class learning: go.rutgers.edu/AfricanaGivin…

Did you know Prof. Lynnette Mawhinney also writes children’s books? Her graphic novel “Mamie Phipps Clark, Champion for Children" tells the story of a groundbreaking psychologist and civil rights activist Mamie Phipps Clark, Ph.D. #WomensHistoryMonth youtu.be/8Tny7b1_0Fc

Did you know the Emmy-nominated documentary “How It Feels To Be Free” is based on Prof. Ruth Feldstein’s book by the same name? Learn how six iconic African American female performers challenged the entertainment industry. #WomensHistoryMonth

March is #WomensHistoryMonth! Follow our socials all month long for highlights of scholarship focused on black women and of our alumni!