2006-2007
Press Releases
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott Honored by the Romare Bearden Foundation
Artist Carrie Mae Weems Exhibits Latest Work
“All About Eve” at Harvard’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute
Columbia Honors H.L. Gates, Jr. with Special Lifetime Achievement Award
H.L. Gates, Jr. Wins Wired Magazine Rave Award for African American Lives Series
Albert Murray Awarded Du Bois Medal
African American Lives 2: Casting Call!
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been appointed the Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professor
50th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists
Paris, September 2006
2005-2006
Press Releases
Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath
Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath was great success and raised over $14K for the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity.
2004-2005
Press Releases
Literary Stars Gather at Harvard to Honor the 70th Birthday of Fellow Nobel Laureate and Nigerian Activist Wole Soyinka (April 7, 2005) (PDF)
Bridging the Gaps: African American Art Conference 2004 (November 5, 2004) (PDF)
Celebrities and Scholars Debate New Political Satire, Birth of a Nation, Black Nationhood and the Presidential Election at Harvard’s JFK School (October 27, 2004) (PDF)
Acclaimed Historian Gary Nash Discusses the African American Experience During the Early Republic (October 31, 2004) (PDF)
Harvard’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Announces 2004-2005 Fellows (September 24, 2004) (PDF)
Top Social Justice Experts Gather on Martha’s Vineyard to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Brown v.Board of Education; Barack Obama To Make Special Appearance (August 17, 2004) (PDF)
2003-2004
Press Releases
Acclaimed Scholar and Activist, Manning Marable Examines “Living Black History” (April 14, 2004) (PDF)
Harvard University Hosts 13th Triennial Symposium on African Art (March 31, 2004) (PDF)
Composer and Musician Dwight D. Andrews Explores Black Music, Culture, Commerce and the Racial Imagination (March 16, 2004) (PDF)
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian Leon Litwack Discusses the 20th Century Black Struggle for Freedom (March 2, 2004) (PDF)
Noted Author, Historian Robin D. G. Kelley Discusses the Fusion of Africa and Jazz (November 10, 2003) (PDF)
Cultural Critic Gerald L. Early Discusses Curt Flood, Muhammad Ali, and Jackie Robinson (October 10, 2003) (PDF)
Papers of Poet, Essayist, Critic and Activist June Jordan acquired by the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute; W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Assists with Purchase (October 3, 2003) (PDF)
Harvard’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Announces 2003-2004 Fellows (September 25, 2003) (PDF)
African and African American Studies Department Launches New African Language Program: Program Offers Students Opportunity to Study in Africa (September 17, 2003) (PDF)
Rare “Summer Session” To Focus on Hot Topic (August 26, 2003) (PDF)