MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream' speech to be revisited in Aug. 28 lecture by Walter Earl Fluker
In commemoration of the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, the Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS) will host an Aug. 28 lecture via Zoom by renowned speaker Walter Earl Fluker.
Acclaimed author Bryan Washington appointed Scholar-in-Residence for Racial Justice at Rice
Washington will be the first to occupy an 'important and necessary' position at the university.
The history professor — and Rice alum — is among the 10 best teachers in Texas.
The Fund for Racial Justice Teaching and Programming will offer grants to students and faculty to counter anti-Black racism.
Center for African and African American Studies offers new minor, course and grad certificate
The new minor includes 72 different classes across 10 departments and programs.
Inaugural lecture series at Rice will commemorate, contemplate Juneteenth
A new annual lecture series from Rice will remember June 19 through discussions on the legacy of slavery and race in America.
Visiting Artist Lecture Series coming to a close with Gaines, Miller
New York-based writer and artist Malik Gaines gave a lecture Feb. 7 at the Rice Media Center to an auditorium of Rice students, faculty and staff who were also treated to a screening of one of Gaines’ recent short films.
Media advisory: 'Radical Revisionists' opening Jan. 24 at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts
HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2020) – Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts will unveil its spring exhibition Jan. 24 with an opening reception for “Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present.”
