Black Studies Archives - Northwestern State University

Master flutist will illuminate NSU with ‘Jazz and the Civil Rights’ exploration

By Dr. Jasmine Wise, NSU coordinator of Black Studies

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is set to host an evening of music and education with Master Flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29 in the Student Union Ballroom.

Known for his masterful flute performances, Abdur-Razzaq will not only captivate the audience with his rich and […]

Dr. Lindsay Gary will speak at NSU Oct. 25, screen ‘Who Yo’ People’ documentary

NATCHITOCHES – Can you answer the question Who Yo’ People?  confidently? In her documentary Who Yo’ People? Dr. Lindsay Gary asks and answers just that. Gary explores the African heritage of Louisiana. Northwestern State University’s Black Studies Minor, Center for Inclusion and Diversity and Office of the Vice President […]

Criminal Justice grads are first to earn minor in Black Studies

NATCHITOCHES – Two students graduating from Northwestern State University this week are the university’s first to complete the Black Studies minor. Destyni Murray of Sulphur and Jeremiah Hollins of Bastrop will earn degrees in criminal justice, along with the minor.

The Black Studies minor is a 21-credit hour cross-disciplinary minor within the School of Social Science […]

Internationally renowned scholar Dr. Molefi Asante will speak at NSU

NATCHITOCHES—Don’t know what Afrocentricity is? You can learn about this philosophical movement from one of its founders, Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, at an upcoming talk on the Northwestern State University campus.

“Afrocentricity is a simple idea,” he once wrote. “At its base it is concerned with African people being subjects of historical and social experiences rather […]

Winston will speak on Reconstruction, civil rights Jan. 12

NATCHITOCHES – Immediately after the Civil War and emancipation, the federal government developed a plan to re-admit the southern states and guarantee the rights and safety of freedmen. The plan, called Reconstruction, led to a time of experimentation in racial equity which historian C. Vann Woodward and others have argued could have led to a very […]