African American Book Festival

Ninth edition of the Austin fest insists "Black Lives Matter"

"...Educational Psychology and Department of African and African American Diaspora Studies discusses and signs his new book, The Myth..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Post by Alexa Harrington

The Case of Austin's Declining African-American Population

UT professor Eric Tang leads discussion on May study

"...in the city, “Outlier: The Case of Austin’s Declining African-American Population,” had just flipped through a sequence of color-coded..."

Nov. 3, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin African American Book Festival Gives Youth Revolutionary Programming

The 18th annual AAABF offers youth avenues for expression

"...program that incorporates all artistic aspects of the African diaspora – dance, communal storytelling, history lessons, group art sessions,..."

July 3, 2024 Arts Post by Cy White

AFS Essential's Torn From the Motherland: Films From the African Diaspora

Oct. 23-Nov. 20

"...the Jews stayed gone. Greek historians called this phenomenon "diaspora," or dispersal, and the whole long, joyful, depressing history..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Daughters of the Dust

"...wager that the portrait of turn of the century African-American women you get in Daughters of the Dust is..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Pushed Out

The case of Austin's declining black population isn't so curious

"...another report in its continuing research on Austin's declining African-American population. Assistant Professor Eric Tang and his co-author, Bisola..."

May 27, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Going Down Slow

The fading numbers of Austin's African-Americans

"...last couple of decades, paralleling a decline in Austin's African-American population – certainly as a percentage of the total..."

June 27, 2014 News Column by Michael King

When Is Austin Not “Austin”?

Debate flares over research on Black Austin diaspora

"...responding to recent research reflecting the decline in Austin’s African-American population, even while the city's overall population is rapidly..."

Jan. 29, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Taste of Black Austin: Joi Chevalier Talks Green Book

Honor the story of African American travelers during Jim Crow

"...moved throughout not only Central Texas, but also the diaspora, particularly during the Great Migration of the 20th century...."

June 14, 2019 Food Feature by Sydney Greene

Dance Repertory Theatre's Momentum

This program of dances informed by African American experiences and culture was highly physical and emotionally urgent

"...Dance Repertory Theatre's program of dance works informed by African-American experiences and culture, the university feels like a watchtower,..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Angela Davis Closes Out UT's Inaugural Black Matters Conference

Educator and former political prisoner captivates with keynote address

"...Cherise Smith, associate professor of African and African American Diaspora Studies and director of the John L. Warfield Center..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Going to the Dogs

Eric Tang presents the next phase of his Austin diaspora research

"...presented a “first run” of his latest research on African-Americans in East Austin, this segment devoted to a survey..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...Gordon, chair of the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (and an AISD trustee), notes that Wilson re-segregated..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...Ashanté Reese, a professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, rushed to the campus on April 24 after..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Black Eastsiders: Powers a Friend

Will the next UT president continue Powers' work repairing the relationship between UT and East Austin?

"...UT-Austin has had a long and troubled relationship with African-Americans, due to administrative (and state official) resistance to integration..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

"...leader who evolves into an official advocate for the diaspora of young men and women resettled from their homeland..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Black Panther Comic Writer Evan Narcisse on Heroes and Afro-Futurism

From Austin to Wakanda

"...of late among various creators from across the black diaspora about Afro-futurism, what it should center, how it should..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

Going Underground at the Vortex

Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?

"...philosophically and rhetorically, their warring words span generations of African-American activism and thought, from the era of slavery to..."

March 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Reading

For those new to speculative fiction in general and African-American writers of the form in particular, the newest 'Dark Matter' anthology, edited by Sheree Thomas, is the perfect guide

"...Matter, Reading the Bones: Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora..."

May 27, 2005 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

City Opens Black History Month With First-Ever Genealogy Event

Growing Your Roots conference is free and open to the public

"...provost of diversity and professor of African & African Diaspora Studies in Anthropology at the Uni­ver­sity of Texas, serves..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Who Follows Bradley?

Austin ISD District 1

"...is a theoretician: chair of UT's African and African Diaspora Studies Department, his research has centered on race and..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Landmarks Debuts Michael Ray Charles Sculpture at UT

For his Landmarks art commission, Michael Ray Charles transforms crutches into stars

"...and drawings that quote and subvert negative stereotypes of African-Americans may be surprised to find him working outside that..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We P.2ed

Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.

"...House (both of the Louisiana State Museum), New Orleans African-American Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art and the Newcomb..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

First Look: Linx

Distant Relatives team set up a sausage shop at Mean Eyed Cat

"...Distant Relatives, which explores the cuisine of the African diaspora, shares its name with an album from Damian Marley..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X

Defining African-derived contemporary dance with professor Charles O. Anderson

"...Charles O. Anderson, professor of African diaspora dance at the University of Texas, explains that he..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Opinion: Administrative Bureaucracies Make for a Not So Warm Welcome

On the anniversary of her first year in town, a new resident reflects on what's complicated her time here

"...is a Ph.D. student in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at UT-Austin. Her research focuses on African..."

July 23, 2021 Column by Sara Collins

Reading to Celebrate All Year

Writers highlighted on the last day of Black History Month

"...Book Award winner, Alice Walker, was also the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, which..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...anthology entitled Kente Cloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora; those contributors are Sharon Bridgeforth, Vicky Charleston, Valerie Bridgeman..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Heart and Soul

Nice N Ful bounces back

"...food places, and barbecue places, that were owned by African-Americans thirty, forty years ago," Larry says. "So we thought,..."

June 26, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Public Notice

"...campuses and parishes are stocked with events. The African Diaspora & the Modern World is the theme of the..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

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