Black Studies


  • The Scholar and the Artist

    Cherise Smith looks at Michael Ray Charles looking at the world.

    The Scholar and the Artist

  • Investing in the Future

    Jason Lamin, a 2020 Pro Bene Meritis award recipient, shares what he values in this moment and where he finds inspiration.

    Investing in the Future

  • What is Juneteenth?

    Although Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, the date the holiday observes, June 19, 1865, came more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, when Texas finally received word that slavery had ended.

    What is Juneteenth?