African Americans

African American history at Hanford focus of WSU Tri-Cities, National Park Service project

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Washington State University Tri-Cities was recently awarded a $73,000 grant in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service to research and document the African American migration, segregation and overall civil rights history at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Hanford.

Jan. 26: Activist, youth leader to headline MLK celebration

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Charlene A. Carruthers, a community organizer, writer and advocate for racial justice and feminism, will give the free, public , keynote address during Washington State University’s 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 in the CUB senior ballroom.

Feb. 1-March 11: African American surgeons focus of exhibit

By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – A traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine featuring the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education will be at the Washington State University Spokane library Feb. 1-March 11 for Black History Month in February.

March 26: Photographer activist to speak, show work

PULLMAN, Wash. – In “Archival Impulse,” award-winning photographer and activist Ayana V. Jackson explores how Western historical archives have shaped ideas about non-Europeans. Her work will be exhibited March 16-April 1 at the CUB gallery at Washington State University, and she will present the free, public Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecture at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March […]

African-American life, culture subject of speech

Former Washington State University faculty member Ron Rochon will return to the Pullman campus to give an April 29 talk about how popular culture has created a misconception of how African-Americans tend to contribute to society.In the eyes of Rochon, now a faculty member in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, […]