BREAKING NEWS Ninth Circuit Rejects En Banc Review of Challenge to Prop 209 May 12, 2012 — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request to reconsider a challenge to California Proposition 209 by the full court of judges. Proposition 209 was passed by California voters in 1996 and bans affirmative action in state [...]
UPDATE May 24, 2012 — Primary Colors: Shonda Rhimes’s “Scandal” and the Diversity Debate (Click HERE) May 22, 2012 — A Rather Ironic Take on “Diversity”: ”Think Like a Man” Banned in France (Click HERE) May 21, 2012 — Transferring Stereotypes of Black Women on Reality TV (Click HERE) May 16, 2012 — Recently Renewed “Scandal”: Blueprint for Black [...]
May 1, 2012 The Adderley Scholarship fund was established in 1976 to honor the memory of the late, internationally renowned jazz musician Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. The purpose of the fund is to represent an effort on the part of UCLA and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies to foster greater appreciation for [...]
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 [...]
Founded in 1969 as a result of the struggle by black students at UCLA to promote scholarship and recognition of their history and culture, the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA has become one of the nation’s most renowned ethnic studies centers, earning widespread acclaim for its accomplishments in research and [...]
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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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NEW RELEASE Bunche Research Report, Vol. 6, No. 2 (February 2012) Defending Affirmative Action The affirmative action battle rages on in the United States. Legal arguments are being heard at the federal appeals level and, beginning in fall 2012, at the Supreme Court level. In light of the cases being presented to the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Federal [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
NEW RELEASE Bunche Research Report, Vol. 6, No. 2 (February 2012) Defending Affirmative Action The affirmative action battle rages on in the United States. Legal arguments are being heard at the federal appeals level and, beginning in fall 2012, at the Supreme Court level. In light of the cases being presented to the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Federal [...]
Founded in 1969 as a result of the struggle by black students at UCLA to promote scholarship and recognition of their history and culture, the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA has become one of the nation’s most renowned ethnic studies centers, earning widespread acclaim for its accomplishments in research and [...]
Making Sense of the Fires…20 Years Later (Click HERE for UCLA Today interview with Bunche Center Director Darnell Hunt.) A recent poll (pre-Trayvon Martin killing controversy) suggests that Angelenos believe racial groups are getting along better now than in 1992. But the poll also finds that most respondents feel local economic strains are worse than they [...]
The (racial) divide in opinions about the Trayvon Martin case seems to be crystallizing. While black leaders and the Martin family recently held a rally in Los Angeles to mark the two-month anniversary of the shooting, Zimmerman’s attorney announced that a website created to raise money for the shooter’s defense raised more than $200,000. “These [...]
The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and affiliated faculty have been featured in news media in Los Angeles, throughout the nation, and around the globe. Please find a sampling of links to this news coverage below. Bunche Center in the News April 30, 2012 Darnell Hunt, a professor of sociology and director [...]
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