Greensboro council may ban sagging pants on city buses
The City Council could soon flesh out the issue of wearing sagging pants on public transportation. Read More on News & Record
UNC Greensboro
Academic: Informal college poll suggests sagging pants pushback is generational
Omar Ali, a professor of African American studies at UNCG, took an informal poll amongst 65 students in his Introduction to African American Studies course. The class is majority black and majority in the traditional age bracket of 18 to 21; about two-thirds of the students are female. Read More… Continue reading…
UNCG professor helps mobilize independent voters to push for political reform
Having witnessed a rancorous government shutdown and near breach of the federal debt ceiling, plenty of Americans are pessimistic about where we’ll go from here as a country. Read More on Newsobserver.com
Dr. Green responds to recent L. Hughes Discovery
Ralph Hunter traces his love affair with the works of Langston Hughes to fourth-grade when his teacher read his poems aloud in class. Read More on NJ.com
Washington Post Article on Omar Ali’s Teaching
Whatever Happened To … the Baltimore high school debater? Read more on Washington Post
AFS to change change name in August
It’s official. African American Studies will have a new name. Effective Aug. 1, 2014, it will be African American and African Diaspora Studies. Read More on Campus Weekly
Frank Woods Historic Art Exhibit
Frank Woods (African American Studies) has an art showing as part of the “Aggie Alumni and Friends” at the University Galleries at North Carolina A&T State University located in the Dudley Building. His three pieces include: “Best Friends,” a picture of a little girl holding her doll with her teddy bear nearby. 2…. Continue reading…
“Banning any book makes a statement” by Dr. Tara Green
Concerns about education in North Carolina attract national and international attention, again. As reported by media outlets in the United States and Europe, Randolph County’s school board ruled Sept. 16 that Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” has no “literary value.” Read More on News & Record
“Director presents at Louisiana Book Festival”
Professor and Director Tara T. Green presented on her book, Presenting Oprah Winfrey, Her Films and African American Literature, at the 10th Annual Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, LA on November 2. She had the honor of meeting Louis Gossett Jr. and Lt. Gen. Russell Honore, both of whom were… Continue reading…
UNCG professor helps mobilize independent voters to push for political reform
Having witnessed a rancorous government shutdown and near breach of the federal debt ceiling, plenty of Americans are pessimistic about where we’ll go from here as a country. Just don’t count Omar Ali among them. Read More on Newsobserver.com