Fifty years after Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä scholar reflects on the legacy of an athlete who began his career in a segregated league.
Upon the 65th anniversary of the record label, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä prof says that from Taylor Swift to K-pop, ‘It’s all Motown; they are not creating anything new.’
Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, CU president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.
Reiland Rabaka, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
In his new book lecture Tuesday, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor is concerned that the focus on individual responsibility for health and wellness—especially during health crises like the COVID pandemic—overlooks underlying causes as to why minorities generally had worse outcomes than the overall population in the U.S. Ideas to be discussed in next Let’s CU Well seminar.