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How I Met the Real Martin Luther King Jr. By Obery Hendricks

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s image has been flattened into that of a non-threatening dreamer. But the truth is, he was a politically radical thinker who not only fought for racial justice but for restructuring the economic order in this country.

COLORLINES, by Obery M. Hendricks Jr
http://www.colorlines.com/articles/how-i-met-real-martin-luther-king-jr

IRAAS Congratulates faculty member, Dr. Kellie Jones on winning the MacArthur Genius Fellowship.

Fall 2014 Conference: Call for Proposals

Fall 2014 Conference: Call for Proposals

"Are the Gods Afraid of Black Sexuality?: Religion and the Burdens of Black Sexual Politics"

Deadline: April 15, 2014

The Nation: Pot Reform’s Race Problem by Carl L. Hart

Pot Reform’s Race Problem

The fight against marijuana prohibition must put racial justice at the center.

by Carl L. Hart

Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all acknowledge illicit marijuana use in their younger years. Of the three, who do you suppose was most at risk for arrest and all of the associated negative consequences, including truncating his political aspirations?

The Huffington Post: Holder's Proposal Is Insufficient by Carl L. Hart

Holder's Proposal Is Insufficient: Congress Needs to Decriminalize Drugs

By Carl L. Hart

The Huffington Post: Challenging Punishment by Samuel K. Roberts

Challenging Punishment: What the California Prisoners' Hunger Strike Tells Us About Mass Incarceration

By Samuel K. Roberts, PhD

IRAAS Professors Carla Shedd & Dorian Warren individually awarded Columbia Provost’s Junior Faculty Grant

IRAAS Professors Carla Shedd & Dorian Warren individually awarded Columbia Provost’s Junior Faculty Grant for contributions to the University’s diversity goals.

IRAAS Faculty Kevin Fellezs is the Co-Winner of the International Association

IRAAS Faculty Kevin Fellezs is the Co-Winner of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Branch's 2012 WOODY GUTHRIE BOOK AWARD for the most distinguished English language monograph in popular music studies published during 2011.

Souls Journal: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society

Souls Journal: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society is now housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

IRAAS Faculty Fellow Kellie Jones' curates show "Now Dig This!'

Now Dig This!

Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980

October 21, 2012–March 11, 2013

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