Berea College African and African American Studies

This year we had several students who were supported by AFR (African and African American Studies department) in their academic endeavors as Berea College students! These young scholar-activists were all recipients of scholarship funding provided by the Baskins Scholarship Fund! The Fund was established by retired Berea College AFR Professor Andrew Baskins and his wife Symerdar, to support Berea College students conducting research in areas specifically related to AFR. This academic year our recipients were: Mostaphe A. Mohamed, Said B. Maalim, Camille Johnson, Precious Brown, and Maryam Clay-Darden.

Mostaphe Mohamed and Said Maalim attended the African Business Conference held at Harvard University this past February of 2024. AFR majors Maryam Clay-Darden, Camille Johnson, and Precious Brown also received funds from the Baskins Scholarship to visit the Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama this past March. These young women used their time at the Legacy to research specific areas of interest within the field of African and African American Studies.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR BASKINS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS RECIPIENTS!!

A video (https://fb.watch/qUbSpgasE8/) of Jim Embry’s discussion with Dr. J. V. Pimienta-Bey at the Carter G. Woodson Center on February 28th is housed on Jim Embry's page. Embry spoke to students about his legacy as a farmer, educator, and social activist for most of his adult life. Jim comes from a family whose unique pedigree intersects farming and the land, with African American history, and political activism. Jim’s own great grandfather D.B. Ballew brought the famed agricultural scientist Dr. George Washington Carver to Richmond Kentucky three times along with Dr. W.E.B. DuBois and Ida B. Wells-Barnet.
Embry dynamically engaged with the importance of the 179,000 African American men who served and fought within the Union army, African American farming cooperatives, and Dr. Goerge Washington Carver’s Bulletins. As well, as explaining his own family’s unique connection to Berea College. Further, he urged listeners to heal their connection with the land. He also extended the invitation for students and community members to participate in the Cumberland Seed Commons: Spring Convening (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161506079300428&set=a.229500405427). The Convening will be held at Berea College April 20-23, 2024.

AFR's own Professor Emeritus Andrew Baskin receives recognition for a life of education and service. Professor Baskin served for several years as a beloved Associate Professor of African and African American Studies here at Berea College.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LjC5HNUlk

At this link, Professor Baskin shares the historical legacy of Dorothy Kincaid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJaa42PNQ8E

Alcoa Desegregation: The story of Andrew Baskin A graduate of Charles M. Hall School flourished from Alcoa's 13 Streets and went on to lead a 50-year career in higher education.More stories, here: https://...

African American News Briefing for January 2nd-8th, 2024
Links :
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/claudine-gay-harvard-universitys-embattled-president-stepping-rcna131930

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/kentuckys-former-attorney-general-lead-1792-exchange-group-fights-woke-rcna132174

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/us-military-academy-west-point-can-continue-consider-race-admissions-j-rcna132271

https://www.wjtv.com/news/politics/mississippi-politics/naacp-plans-to-proceed-with-case-against-capitol-complex-improvement-district-court/

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/01/06/spears/

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefing for January 2nd-8th, 2024
Links :
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/sierra-leone-charges-ex-leader-koromas-guard-11-others-over-failed-coup

https://www.rt.com/africa/590057-france-closes-embassy-niger/

https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/06/kenya-led-multinational-force-headed-to-haiti-to-face-major-hurdles-report/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/6/why-is-somalia-angry-about-neighbouring-ethiopias-new-port-deal

https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/07/drc-electoral-commission-cancels-votes-cast-for-82-candidates-citing-illegal-activities/

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

Special Report for January 2nd-8th, 2024
Links :
https://www.voanews.com/a/malawi-sends-workers-to-israel-as-critics-call-for-transparency/7421820.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/2/israel-promises-to-defend-itself-against-genocide-accusation-at-icj

https://www.rt.com/africa/590090-israeli-congo-gaza-resettle/

https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/04/us-says-south-africas-court-case-accusing-israel-of-genocide-is-meritless/

https://www.africanews.com/2024/01/08/israel-hamas-war-palestinian-president-visits-egypt-addresses-ongoing-attacks/

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African American News Briefing for November 28th-December 4th, 2023
Links :
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ap-african-american-studies-course-finalized-next-school-year/story?id=105418166
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/largest-collection-of-african-art-in-florida-on-display-in-opa-locka/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/benjamin-zephaniah-poet-peaky-blinders-actor-dies-65-rcna128534
https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-arrested-after-allegedly-pouring-gasoline-mlk-jr/story?id=105488102
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/call-me-mister-program-msu-denver-add-more-teachers-of-color-colorado-classrooms/
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefing for December 5th-11th, 2023
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/5/nigerian-military-drone-attack-kills-85-civilians-in-error
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/6/we-are-resilient-mauritius-slowly-consolidates-ecotourism-gains
https://www.rt.com/africa/588655-african-nations-collapse-paris-g5-sahel-alliance/
https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/09/south-africas-tyla-ignites-cultural-debate-on-racial-identity/
https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/11/war-torn-sudan-faces-catastrophe-as-un-runs-out-of-funds/
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African American News Briefing for November 28th-December 4th, 2023
Links :
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tina-knowles-responds-claims-beyonce-bleached-skin-renaissance-premier-rcna127079
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/judges-order-georgia-proposes-map-two-new-black-majority-districts-rcna127022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/julianna-margulies-black-people-brainwashed-hate-jews-rcna127626
https://apnews.com/article/judge-environmental-racism-lawsuit-dismissed-ea1b47884b85e74f5815729f817faa92
https://www.theroot.com/the-identity-of-derek-chauvins-attacker-has-been-reveal-1851070731
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefings for November 28th-December 4th, 2023
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/29/what-is-africas-goal-at-cop28-as-the-climate-summit-begins
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/1/un-security-council-to-vote-to-end-somalia-arms-embargo-after-three-decades
https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/03/nigeria-calls-for-niger-junta-to-free-ousted-president-mohamed-bazoum/
https://www.rt.com/africa/588472-mali-russia-strengthen-cooperation/
https://www.africanews.com/2023/12/04/guinea-bissau-parliament-dissolved-after-coup-attempt/
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

(Late) African American News Brief for October 31st- November 6th, 2023
(Recent) African American News Brief for November 21st- 27th, 2023
Links:
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/01/1209798187/flight-attendants-lawsuit-united-airlines-dodgers-flights-discrimination
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/owner-of-black-owned-mobile-gaming-trailer-in-detroit-wants-to-inspire-kids-to-chase-their-dreams/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-gang-leader-charged-tupac-shakur-killing-pleads-not-guilty-las-vega-rcna123376
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/03/1210208373/malcolm-x-opera
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/7-people-shot-campus-party-texas-hbcus-homecoming-weekend-rcna123838
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https://www.theroot.com/new-revelation-made-in-the-morgan-state-university-home-1851040013
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/hbcu-presidential-debate-virginia-state-university-rcna126206
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/alabama-m-will-lead-bands-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-rcna126011
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/judge-rules-rapper-asap-rocky-must-stand-trial-on-felony-charges-he-fired-gun-at-former-friend/
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/25/1215190487/derek-chauvin-stabbed-prison
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

(Late) African News Brief for October 31st- November 6th, 2023
(Recent) African News Brief for November 21st- 27th, 2023

Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/11/2/photos-one-year-on-peace-holds-in-tigray-but-ethiopia-still-fractured

https://www.rt.com/africa/586527-niger-china-oil-pipeline/

https://www.rt.com/africa/586483-russia-reopen-embassy-equatorial-guinea/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/south-africa-to-recall-all-diplomats-from-israel-over-gaza-war

https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/06/lawyers-for-nigers-ousted-president-ask-regional-court-to-reinstate-him/
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/23/kenya-ready-to-privatise-35-companies-amid-cash-crunch-says-president

https://www.rt.com/africa/587914-nigeria-brics-membership-timeline/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/mozambique-to-present-new-80bn-energy-transition-plan-at-cop28

https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/27/east-africa-floods-death-toll-mounts-in-kenya/

https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/26/sierra-leone-declares-nationwide-curfew-after-gunmen-attack-military-barracks/

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African American News Briefings for November 7th-20th, 2023
Links :
https://apnews.com/article/ibram-kendi-center-for-antiracist-research-bu-d65a731f78a88240b27fead9d40c84df

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/exonerated-central-park-five-member-yusef-salaam-wins-new-york-city-co-rcna124120

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adhd-young-black-males-rate-diagnosed-treated/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/louisiana-legislators-jan-15-enact-new-congressional-map-court-says-rcna124726

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/12/1212578976/tim-scott-ends-campaign-on-fox-news
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefings for November 7th- 20th, 2023
Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/7/is-landlocked-ethiopia-starting-another-war-over-ports-in-horn-of-africa

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2023/11/8/sudans-darfur-refugees-report-ethnically-driven-killings-by-rsf

https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/11/kenya-say-it-wont-send-police-mission-to-haiti-until-un-funds-it/

https://www.africanews.com/2023/11/13/rwandas-art-scene-celebrates-talent-of-disabled-creators/

https://www.rt.com/africa/587155-nigeria-hosts-film-festival-afriff/
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/south-african-minister-says-world-has-seen-enough-violence-in-palestine

https://www.rt.com/africa/587392-sunak-emergency-legislation-rwanda-plan/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/16/madagascar-kicks-off-presidential-polls-amid-calls-for-boycott

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/17/russia-sends-first-free-grain-to-africa-since-disrupting-ukraines-trade

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/joseph-boakai-brink-liberian-presidency-vote-count-nears-completion-2023-11-17/
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

Join us tonight in the Carter G. Woodson Center! This will be an important and timely lecture, which helps us better understand the geopolitical shifts which are presently occurring in Africa and worldwide. Food will be provided! We hope to see you at 6p-8p!

On October 21st, 2023, Dr. LeAnna Luney with Berea College Students participated in the Black Girl Joy Festival at the Living Arts and Science Center in Lexington, KY.

For more information click the link: https://education.uky.edu/BlackGirlJoyFest

Dr. LeAnna Luney has the following classes available for Spring 2024!!!

Check out the details in the posters below!

African American News Briefing for October 23-30, 2023
Links :
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/jazz-legend-louis-armstrongs-connection-to-queens-on-full-display-at-house-museum-in-corona/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

https://abcnews.go.com/US/8-year-boy-pregnant-mom-held-gunpoint-police/story?id=104221025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/richard-roundtree-star-original-shaft-dies-81-rcna122042

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-cure-sickle-cell-disease-may-coming-fda-advisers-will-review-week-rcna122533

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/magic-johnson-billionaire-athlete-businessman-los-angeles-lakers
Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefing for October 23-30, 2023
Links :
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/26/nigerias-supreme-court-affirms-tinubus-presidential-victory

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/african-court-criticises-governments-for-ignoring-verdicts-4415034

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2023/10/29/south-africa-hold-off-new-zealand-to-win-record-fourth-rugby-world-cup

https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/30/south-africa-calls-for-un-force-to-protect-gaza-civilians/

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/conflict-uproots-record-69-million-people-congo-iom-2023-10-30/

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

Can't wait to see you all tomorrow at Mountain day! Be sure to stop by Little Donut Trailer to get your donut treat from us and our friends at Carter G. Woodson Center for In*******al Education and Berea_BCC!!!

MOUNTAIN DAY '23 is less than a day away 🏔🦋🍄!!

Remember to dress warm, it can get cold on the mountain.

Today we had our major fair! It was so good to see so many students interested in AFR! Check out our amazing classes for the Spring 2024 semester!

Celebrate bell hooks’s life, love and legacy on the eve of her birthday, on Sunday, Sept. 24th. Join us for altar-making, a walking tour of hook’s home and Institute, a live performance by the funk and soul band , and a center hop, where you can collect original bell hooks stickers! We look forward to seeing you there.

Original art created by bell hooks center student programmer Adriel Rocha.

Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Klanderud for the recent publication of her book: Struggle for the Street: Social Networks and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Pittsburgh!

Struggle for the Street | Jessica D. Klanderud | University of North Carolina Press Cities are nothing without the streets—the arteries through which goods, people, and ideas flow. Neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, the city str...

Our own Dr. LeAnna Luney, Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies has been selected as an awardee of the Mellon Periclean Faculty Leaders Program in the Humanities! This award is funded by both the Mellon Foundation and the Eugene M. Lang Foundation.

Dr. Luney notes that this award will assist her in her continued work around the Black Lives Matter movement. Her focus has been "Organizing from within a Civic Engagement Paradox." Such work will be shared in her AFR 286 course of the same name, which is scheduled for spring of 2024.

Dr. Luney has collaborated with such diverse organizations as The Ain't I a Girl Empowerment Program (Richmond, KY); The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky (Berea, KY); Sustainable Communities Network and Atrus Ballew Farm (Richmond, KY); and Lexington Police Department Accountability (Lexington, KY).
Kudos to Dr. Luney on her award!

African News Briefings for April 11-17 and 18-24, 2023

Special Note: For more information regarding the situation in Sudan cite https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/sudan-democracy-fighting-burhan-hemedti/

Links :
https://apnews.com/article/germany-chad-ambassadors-expelled-3af1a6f60b21e5db39827b5446038c9b

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65252511

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/4/14/in-malawi-female-fish-traders-mobilise-against-transactional-sex

https://www.rt.com/africa/574719-african-country-russian-payment-system/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/17/nigerian-aviation-workers-block-roads-as-strike-over-pay-begins

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https://www.rt.com/africa/574947-south-africa-brics-energy-investors/

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/19/blinken-niger-israel-normalization-relations

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/20/ugandas-president-museveni-refuses-to-sign-lgbtq-bill

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/22/update-1-ethiopia-removes-terrorist-designation-from-dominant-tigray-party

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/23/kenya-police-exhume-remains-from-suspected-christian-cult-graves

Amanda Martinez; African and African American Studies Program Associate

African American News Briefing for April 3-10, 2023.

Links:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167908950/kwame-brathwaite-obituary-black-is-beautiful

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168216386/stacey-abrams-howard-university-race-black-politics

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/08/1167435513/california-ebony-alert-system-missing-black-women-youth

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-governor-faces-republican-pressure-over-daniel-perrys-conviction-1793256

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-expulsion-democracy-election-nashville-c1ea281cce30e62cb392fca1df30ad3a

African News Briefing for April 4-10, 2023.

Links:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/4/kenya-to-launch-first-operational-satellite-next-week

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/7/ethiopia-to-integrate-regional-forces-into-central-army-police

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/8/chad-to-expel-german-ambassador-over-discourteous-attitude

https://www.rt.com/africa/574428-tunisia-join-brics-imf/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/10/why-is-south-africa-not-renewing-160000-zimbabwean-work-permits

African American News Briefing for March 27- April 3, 2023

Links:
https://www.livescience.com/high-school-students-may-have-just-discovered-an-impossible-proof-to-the-2000-year-old-pythagoeran-theorem

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3927671-us-mulls-asking-black-americans-in-census-if-they-are-descendants-of-enslaved-people-report/

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167704651/angel-reese-caitlin-clark-you-cant-see-me-gesture

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-david-brown-louisiana-death-row-inmate-prison-escape-attempt/

https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-mayoral-election-dates-2023-mayor-of-date-brandon-johnson-vs-paul-vallas-day/13076413/

Amanda Martinez (Corder); African and African American Studies Program Associate

African News Briefing for March 28- April 3, 2023

Links:
https://allafrica.com/stories/202303290409.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/3/31/born-out-of-hatred-uganda-bill-terrifies-lgbtq-community

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/3/kenyas-raila-odinga-suspends-anti-government-protests

https://www.rt.com/africa/574079-burkinafaso-expel-french-journalists/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/3/madagascar-bans-public-protests-ahead-of-presidential-election

Amanda Martinez (Corder); African and African American Studies Program Associate

Dr. Maulana Karenga on Resisting the De-Africanizing of Ancient Egypt: Pursuing Its Paradigms of Excellence and Achievement

March 27, 2023

https://ibw21.org/commentary/dr-maulana-karenga/resisting-the-de-africanizing-of-ancient-egypt/