The Ralph J. Bunche Library and Media Center was established in 1969 as a part of the Center for African American Studies. Its purpose was to provide specialized reference and information services to students and researchers studying African and African American history, culture and art. Before the Center was established researchers struggled to access [...]
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, established as an organized research unit in 1969, is committed to research which enhances our understanding of the history, lifestyles, material conditions, and socio-cultural systems of African Americans and the Diaspora. The esteemed faculty and affiliated researchers include leaders in the fields of African [...]
2012 Program Summer Humanities Institute at UCLA Sunday, June 24 to Saturday, August 18, 2012 (Check website below for final dates and updates) 2011 SHI Cohort ELIGIBILITY: * Juniors, seniors, and students who have just completed a BA (degree in the humanities or social sciences) AND have not yet begun his/her first year of a [...]
Visit our YouTube page, Bunche TV, for a selection of videos highlighting past Bunche Center conferences, symposia, and lectures.
BLACK LOS ANGELES American Dreams and Racial Realities Edited by Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramon “A true masterwork of urban studies. Taken together, these wide-ranging, diverse, original essays significantly expand our understanding of the African-American experience in Los Angeles. With breathtaking scope and vision, Black Los Angeles is a brilliant example of cutting-edge scholarship and [...]
To highlight the importance of celebrating and maintaining the civil rights tradition, in 1986 the Bunche Center inaugurated the Thurgood Marshall Lecture Series on Law and Human Rights. Named for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the series pays tribute to his brilliant record of civil rights advocacy by presenting an annual public lecture by a [...]
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The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, established as an organized research unit in 1969, is committed to research which enhances our understanding of the history, lifestyles, material conditions, and socio-cultural systems of African Americans and the Diaspora. The esteemed faculty and affiliated researchers include leaders in the fields of African [...]
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In the Spring of 1999, the Bunche Center re-introduced Circle of Thought, a lunchtime speaker series designed to provide a diverse campus audience with an opportunity to hear about the groundbreaking and exciting research of UCLA faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars on African American Studies, in an informal setting. Lectures are held in the [...]
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The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, founded in 1969 as the Center for Afro-American Studies (CAAS), was renamed after Nobel Prize winner, scholar, activist, and UCLA alumnus Ralph J. Bunche in 2003, in commemoration of the centenary of his birth. The Bunche Center is the result of the struggle by black [...]
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2011-2012 It’s no secret that our nation is mired in the deepest economic slump since the Great Depression. What’s addressed less often are the racial implications of this crisis. Like the proverbial miner’s canary, invoked so insightfully by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres in their work, people of color have been the most susceptible to [...]
Through its College Access Project for African Americans (CAPAA), the Bunche Center has amassed pivotal data and reports that show the detrimental effects that statewide anti-affirmative action initiatives, such as California’s Proposition 209, have inflicted on African American and Latino populations. As part of a larger coalition of educators, activists, and students who have joined [...]
The Institute of American Cultures (IAC), in cooperation with the Bunche Center and UCLA’s other three ethnic studies centers, offers awards to visiting scholars/researchers to support research on African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/os. These awards are given to individuals who, in the judgment of the IAC Executive Committee, show great promise in [...]
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