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Taking on Social Justice in the Wake of the George Floyd Killing

“The names we’ve all heard, but we need to say them — Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd — and understand...

July 9, 2020

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This photo, taken by Professor Nagasawa on June 12 in Soho, reflects the incident in Central Park when police were called on black birdwatcher Christian Cooper.

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Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

This Saturday you are invited to join Professor Nobuho Nagasawa and SBU students in lower Manhattan to paint storefronts as part of a group of artists welcoming change.

June 18, 2020

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Filmmaker Spike Lee Takes on Politics, Parenting, and Promises in Presidential Lecture

Kicking off Black History Month with a February 5 Presidential Lecture in Stony Brook University’s Staller Center, acclaimed writer, director, producer, actor, author and educator Spike Lee joined Stony Brook interim...

February 5, 2020

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Spike Lee Presidential Lecture to Kick Off Black History Month

A conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee will be featured as part of the Presidential Lecture Series on February 5 at 1 pm at the Staller Center.

January 28, 2020

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MLK Associate Clarence Jones Considers the Past and Future of Civil Rights

“What kind of nation are we going to be in the 21st century?” Civil rights luminary Clarence Jones posed this and other challenging questions as he delivered the Presidential Lecture Wednesday evening at...

May 2, 2019

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Chef Kwame Kicks Off Black History Month with His Personal Recipe for Success

Stony Brook’s Black History Month celebrations began in full-flavored fashion on February 6 with a presentation by Chef Kwame Onwuachi from BRAVO’s “Top Chef” program. He joined a ballroom full of fellow...

February 25, 2019

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Black Lives Matter Panel Discussion and Photo Exhibit

University Libraries and the Center for the Study of Inequalities, Social Justice, and Policy are sponsoring a panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement in New York City and on Long Island, along with an...

February 6, 2019

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An Interview with Stony Brook Poet Cornelius Eady

As a complement to our feature on Cornelius Eady, we present the complete interview below. Q: What does the current crop of African-American literary writers have in common with their forebears, such as Langston Hughes...

January 24, 2019

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Poet Cornelius Eady Riffs on Poetry, Race and Pedagogy

When The New York Times recently created a stunning pantheon featuring 32 of the most important “Black Male Writers for Our Time,” the poet Cornelius Eady was among them. Eady, whose work has been called “joyous...

January 24, 2019

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Stony Brook is Celebrating Black History Month 2019

The Black History Month Opening Program at Stony Brook University takes place on Wednesday, February 6. Various campus organizations will be hosting a range of educational, social and cultural programs that focus on the...

January 15, 2019

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