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Temple faculty, curators discuss Juneteenth’s legacy

19 June 2020 Nico Cisneros

Juneteenth holiday renews calls for justice and recognition, historians and leaders said.

Wyclef Jean lectures, performs at Bell Tower

13 October 2017 Ashley Paskill

Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean spoke in an African American studies class on Friday and also performed at the Bell Tower.

Students protest for Temple to reinstate African American studies professor Anthony Monteiro outside a meeting of the Board of Trustrees in Sullivan Hall on March 10. Students sucessfully argued for a private meeting with the senior vice president of government affairs on Friday. |Alexis Wright-Whitley TTN

After Monteiro’s exit, department head seeks change

23 September 2014 Mariam Dembele

The CLA dean said African American studies will soon move in ‘a new direction.’

Monteiro protestors sit-in at dean’s office

28 April 2014 Joe Brandt

Protestors agree to meeting with Hai-Lung Dai.

Asante again appointed African-American Studies chair

23 April 2013 John Moritz

Year-long battle over chairmanship yield’s return of Asante.

Speaking words and spreading truth

08 November 2010 Chelsea Wargo

By touring the nation and spreading her message of truth to thousands of people, Nina “Lyrispect” Ball, a 2005 Temple alumna of the African American studies department, said she hopes to empower America with her

After 20 years, dept. still ranks at top of its field

06 October 2008

The African American studies department celebrates its 20th anniversary.