Welcome to the website for the African-American Studies Minor at UC San Diego!
The interdisciplinary field of African-American Studies was first established in 1968 at San Francisco State University. UC San Diego began the African-American Studies minor (AASM) in the Fall of 2005, on the heels of a successful Contemporary Black Arts minor. AASM is a tapestry of the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The goal of AASM is to present a first look into the dynamic life experiences of African-Americans and the bold cultural celebration over three centuries. More ...
Opportunities
UC San Diego Black History Month * February 2013
February is UC San Diego Black History Month 2013. We invite you to celebrate by attending the following Marshall College events and campus-wide events.
Visit the UC San Diego Black History Month 2013 website for more opportunities...
AASM Events...
Spelman or Morehouse Colleges Exchange Program -- Apply Now!
The application to attend the exchange program at Spelman or Morehouse Colleges is available on line. Please review the website and print out the application.
APPLICATIONS for the 2013-2014 academic year are due no later than Friday, February 15, 2013. in the Thurgood Marshall College (TMC) Academic Advising office in the TMC Administration building. For details about the application process or assistance to determine which quarter will work with your academic plan. Please contact the Advising office to arrange an appt for week 3 with Stephanie Muldrow.
Dr. Floyd Gaffney Playwriting Competition - Apply Now!
The University of California San Diego’s Theatre and Dance Department seeks from all enrolled undergraduate students submissions of previously unproduced, unpublished scripts highlighting African American experience in contemporary or historical terms. Adaptations from books and other forms not allowed.
Click HERE to download a PDF of the contest flyer
Relevant Reading:
Hitching a Ride on the Chitlin’ Circuit with Author Preston Lauterbach
Successful writer and editor Preston Lauterbach was born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in San Diego, California. He graduated from Flagler College and the University of Mississippi. For most of the twenty-first century, he has worked as an editor and journalist.
Marshall Institute interview, "Your new book – “The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock n’ Roll” - runs the musical gamut from Al Green to Elvis. How do you describe the audience and eager readership for your new historical study?" More ...
Preston Lauterbach's web site
Call and Response – by Henry Louis Gates Jr & Jennifer Burton
Co-authored by UCSD's visiting scholar-in-residence Jennifer Burton and class-tested by Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his groundbreaking course, Call and Response is an innovative core reader for African American Studies.
"Call and Response: Key Debates in African American Studies"
Daniel Widener's Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles
"Focusing on the lives and work of black writers, visual artists, musicians, and filmmakers, Daniel Widener tells how black cultural politics changed over time, and how altered political realities generated new forms of artistic and cultural expression." More...
EXCERPT - Chapter 8: How to Survive in South Central: Black Film as Class Critique
—Daniel Widener is Associate Professor of History and past Director of AASM.
Tapping into his history: Daniel Widener
The Burden of Excellence
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The struggle to establish the Preuss School UCSD
and a call for Urban Educational Field Stations
By former TMC Provost, Cecil Lytle
"What would become a public firestorm had heretofore been fought within the courtly parlance of a university campus; from behind masks of civility and polysyllabic words, we had played out the ancient transcendental dance between the "haves" and the "have-nots." More ...
