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    Du Bois Fellow Talks Hip-Hop

    Joycelyn A. Wilson, a fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute of African and African American Research, opened her presentation of her academic work on Tuesday by rapping. Wilson, who is an Emmy-nominated documentary film producer, discussed hip-hop as a locus for education within the African American community.
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    African Diaspora Explored through Dance

    Lovely D. Nicolas stomps and dances across the Lowell Lecture Hall stage as her mother, Elizabeth A. McAlister, speaks at the podium. Nicolas, with swinging hips and jerking shoulders, is giving her mother’s words powerful bodily life.
  • Aspiring television screenwriters find creative outlets outside academics
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    Escaping the Static

    Harvard students hoping to follow in the footsteps of small-screen greats find creative outlets in extracurriculars
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    Event Honors Growth in Africa

    The Committee on African Studies held a reception last night to celebrate Harvard’s expanding commitment to African and African-American studies.
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    Fall Institute Fellows Selected

    Harvard’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research announced the selection of fourteen new Institute Fellows.
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    Dept. of Education Awards Committee on African Studies Grant

    The University’s Committee on African Studies earned $2.5 million dollars and gained national recognition when the Department of Education designated the area of study as a National Resource Center in July.
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    Gates Donates Handcuffs To Smithsonian

    The handcuffs that will remain linked to the controversial arrest of Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. are now part of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian.
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    Skip Gates Traces Ancestry of the Famous

    Television personality Stephen Colbert is distantly related to Elizabeth Alexander, the African-American poet who read at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Oscar-award winning actress Meryl Streep, and Queen Noor, the queen consort of Jordan.
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