FSU African-American Studies

FSU experts available for context on Black History Month

Published: January 28, 2021 | 5:19 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Black History Month is an observance to celebrate the accomplishments of Black Americans and a time to examine how race continues to influence the country today. The predecessor to the event began in the 1920s. In 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month on the federal level. The United States now has a Black […]

FSU celebrates 40 years of African-American Studies

Published: May 2, 2018 | 1:26 pm | Posted in: University News

“American history that doesn’t incorporate the black experience is a false history.” Those words were uttered by the late William Jones, Florida State University’s first director of the Black Studies Program at FSU. This year, the program celebrates 40 years of educating students on the wide-ranging contributions of people from the black diaspora, as well […]

FSU African-American Studies program celebrates 40th anniversary

Published: April 17, 2018 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: University News

The African-American Studies program at Florida State University is celebrating its long history and continued growth with a special event featuring a panel discussion, a reception and recognition of the people who began the program four decades ago. The event, “On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating 40 Years of Black Studies,” is free and open […]

FSU promotes diversity through largest cohort of McKnight fellows in recent history

Published: April 7, 2017 | 10:31 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Florida State University is helping cultivate some of FSU’s best and brightest minority doctoral students in partnership with the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. In one of its biggest cohorts in recent years Florida State University currently has 10 doctoral fellows and four dissertation fellows within the 2016-2017 McKnight Fellows class. The goal […]

Keeping the code: How cultural beliefs affect police, court decisions

Published: April 3, 2017 | 3:14 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Daniel Mears, the Mark C. Stafford Professor of Criminology

LL Cool J’s 1991 rap lyrics in his song “Mama Said Knock You Out” are about defending yourself and making sure you are not messed with. Florida State University researchers have found that when individuals adopt this outlook — referred to as a “code of the street” — it can increase their probability of arrest […]

FSU identified as top performer for black student success

Published: March 1, 2017 | 10:08 am | Posted in: University News

The report from The Education Trust finds 74.5 percent of FSU’s African-American students — who make up 8.4 percent of the student body — graduate within six years.

Florida State University has one of the highest graduation rates among African-American students of nearly 700 universities examined in a new national study. The report from The Education Trust finds 74.5 percent of FSU’s African-American students — who make up 8.4 percent of the student body — graduate within six years. Nationally, about 40 percent […]

FSU breaks ground on new Black Student Union building

Published: January 27, 2017 | 5:45 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Hundreds of Florida State University community members, alumni and government officials gathered together on an idyllic January afternoon Friday to break ground on a much-anticipated new facility for the Black Student Union. Established in 1968, the Black Student Union is a student government agency that offers black students a form of identity, a social life […]

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