Dr. Nathan Hare, the father of Black Studies, has died

Nathan Hare, Black History, 2020-Present.

Dr. Nathan Hare, the founder of “Father of Black Studies,” died Monday, June 10. He was 91. Dr. Hare was hired by San Francisco State College, now San Francisco State University, as the first program coordinator for the institution’s Black Studies program in 1968.  The program was the first of its kind in the United…

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Mumia Abu-Jamal praises pro-Palestine student activists

A man with dreads and a beard.

In an address to students at the City University of New York on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian growing at U.S. colleges as being on the right side of history. “It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent and decided to speak out…

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