Diversity

February 8, 1969, marked the first anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre, where South Carolina Highway Patrol officers shot and killed three Black protesters and injured 28 others.

UNC Charlotte Department of Africana Studies faculty and affiliate researchers lead in the exploration of the African Diaspora, experiences of people around the world descended from native Africans.

Today, the Africana Studies Department carries on the spirit and scholarship of its predecessor, the Black Studies Program, serving not only as a resource for research and academic excellence but also an agent of change.

New research on gender inequality indicates that fewer leadership prospects in the workplace apply even to women who show the most promise early on in their academic careers.

Julia Jordan-Zachery, professor and chair of Africana Studies, offers her perspective on “Why We Need Africana Studies.”

UNC Charlotte supera a las otras instituciones de cuatro años del estado con matrículas latinas, títulos universitarios y tasas de graduación.

UNC Charlotte honors the legacy of slain civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a series of events that begin on Monday, Jan. 18, the day King’s birthday will be observed nationally.

UNC Charlotte outpaces the state’s other four-year institutions with Latinx enrollment, undergraduate degrees and graduation rates.

Leslie Locklear, Ph.D., is program coordinator for UNC Pembroke’s First Americans Teacher Education and First Americans Educational Leadership programs. She will present “Who’z Ya People: Understanding and Supporting Southeast American Indians” at 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19.

UNC Charlotte formally recognized Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the University.