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• The Cost of Leading While Black: Racist Harassment Takes an Invisible Toll by Sean M. Decatur. The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 3, 2022.

• Being a Black Academic in America by 11 African-American Academics. The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 11, 2022.

• How 20th Century Female African American Deans Changed the Higher Ed Landscape by Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 5, 2022.

• Hannah Thomas Steps Up To Lead New Dance Degree by Josh Gren. AroundtheO, April 6, 2022.

• Black Professors and a Student-Ally Discuss Teaching and Learning About Anti-Racist, Equitable, Culturally Responsive Education and Educators by Erin Parsons-Christian, James L. Moore III, Donna Ford. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 14, 2022.

• We’re Not OK: Black Faculty Experiences and Higher Education Strategies with Authors Dr. Antija Allen and Justin Stewart by In The Margins. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 16, 2022.

• ‘It Does Get Tiresome’: What an ACLU Lawyer Thinks About the Endless Free-Speech Debate by Kate Hidalgo Bellows. The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 7, 2022.

• Study finds bias in how doctors talk to black, female patients by Jim Murez. AroundtheO, March 7, 2022.

• The Unconventional Path of One College's First Black Woman President by Chelsea Long. The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2022.

• More Black women are leading U.S. law schools and changing the conversation on race and gender by Candace Norwood. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, February 16, 2022. 

• MasterClass Releases Free Lessons to Honor Black History Month by Aurora Hernandez. The Skanner News, February 11, 2022.

• Glory Edim on Expanding the Canon of Black Girl Coming-of-Age Stories by The Maris Review. Literary Hub, January 20, 2022.

• For Two Years, University of Oregon Journalists Asked Questions About Measure 11. Everyone Had a Different Answer by Aaron Mesh. Willamette Weekly, February 6, 2022

• Looking Back, Going Forward with Lecture Series by Matt Cooper. Oregon Quarterly, January 19, 2022.

• Code-Switching to Code Stitching: Theorizing an Alternative Framework by Bequita Pegram. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, September 29, 2021.

• Faculty, staff, students to be honored at UO MLK event by tova Stabin. AroundtheO, January 4, 2022.

• Jungian analyst explores racism and cultural healing. Oregon Humanities Center, 2022.

• UO launches master’s in Education Policy and Leadership by Madeline Ryan. AroundtheO, January 3, 2022.

• Charles Blow's Memoir is Now an Operatic Masterpiece by Capehart. The Washington Post, December 7, 2021.

• Billy Porter on Growing up Black and Gay in America by Capehart. The Washington Post, December 14, 2021.

• Carrie Mae Weems Sets the Stage and Urges Action by Aruna D'Souza. The New York Times, December 6, 2021.

• Architecture Gave Me a Black Eye: A Note to Architectural Educators by Kendall A. Nicholson. Archinect, November 19, 2021.

• She was a safe place for hundreds of UO students. Now she has a home of her own by Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick. Register-Guard, November 30, 2021.

• Kariamu Welsh, Pioneer of African Dance Studies, Dies at 72 by Penelope Green. The New York Times, November 25, 2021

• Invisible Landscapes by Lauren Church. AroundtheO, 2021. 

• Ed Bullins, Leading Playwright of the Black Arts Movement, Dies at 86 by Clay Risen. New York Times. 2021. 

• This is my America: Stories, storytelling and access to justice. AroudtheO, November 2021

• 2020 Hate and Bias Report by City Manager's Office Human Rights & Neighborhood Involvement. The City of Eugene, 2021. 

• Leading with Soul by NCORE. October 22, 2021. 

• Using Your Voice for Racial Justice: a conversation with Ruby Bridges. Oct 28, 2021. 

• ACLU Attorney To Disscuss Black Student Activism and Free Speech by Tova Stabin. October, 2021. 

•  “Black Girl from Eugene”: A Conversation with Ayisha Elliott by Kate Jacques-Prentice. Ethos Magazine, October, 2021.

•  Campaigning to End Misrepresentation by Ester Barkai. Eugene Weekly, October 2021. 

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Messages

• Black Out Wednesday: Suggestions from Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Yvette Alex-Assensoh, June 10, 2020

• Letter from the Black Strategies Group Leadership, Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center and Black Academic Excellence Team , June 2020

• Letter from Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, PhD , Assistant Dean for Administration, Director of Equity and Inclusion,  College of Education to COE students  June 4, 2020

• UO English Department Statement on Recent Protests Against Police Violence and White Supremacy  June 7, 2020

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Health

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News stories by and about Black faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the UO

• 8 Memoirs and Essay Collections on Black Freedom and Liberation by Kim Johnson, PowellsBooks.blog, July 27, 2020.

• The 1619 Project author shares thoughts on her acclaimed work by Anna Glavash Miller. Around the O, February 15, 2021.

• Alumni, UO work to foster Black sororities and fraternities by Tim Christie. Around the O, February 4, 2021.

• Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? 21 Things We Can Do Right Now by Eric Ward. Southern Poverty Law Center, June 2020

• The Black Connect by Lylle Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center, 2020-2021.

• Black Studies minor now available at UO after years of demand by Makenzie Elliott. Daily Emerald, Sep 2, 2020 

• Cristobal: "We have a real strong culture here.” Ducks Head Football coach displays confidence going into a turbulent season

• Ducks safety Jevon Holland leads charge on renaming Deady Hall at Oregon

• Emerging Voices: young black activists of Eugene’s BLM movement

• A frank conversation about YA literature, police brutality, and the nuances of Black storytelling by David Canfield. EW, June 09, 2020. With acclaimed writer Nic Stone (Dear Martin) and debut author Kimberly Johnson, UO Assistant Vice Provost for Advising and Director, CMAE Advising, (This Is My America)

• Grants offered to artists responding to Black Lives Matter By Debbie Williamson Smith, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Around the O, August 4, 2020. Due date for applications October 31,2020

• Greg Moore: Police and black folks — the swagger and disrespect must end by Gregory L. Moore. Colorado Sun, June 1, 2020.

• In My Opinion: Actions to help communities of color by Alai Reyes-Santos. Register Guard, March 31, 2020.

• Lyllye Reynolds-Parker Black Cultural Center's One Year Anniversary, University of Oregon, October 2020.

• “Making A Way Out of No Way: Resilience in the Black Experience” (Black Resilience) 1-Credit Course  with Yvatte Alex-Assensoh, 2020 Fall and Winter Term

• New York Times reporter brings ‘The 1619 Project’ to the UO by Alli Weseman. Around the O, February 8, 2021.

• OCF: Community Voices: Yvette Alex-Assensoh, October 2020.

• Oregon Ducks coach Mario Cristobal listening

• Oregon football, CFB coaches call for change amid death of George Floyd

• 'Racism Is Much More Than Slurs, It’s Deliberate Exclusion': Uncomfortable Conversations by Lindsay Rittenhouse. Ad Age, September 01, 2020. 

• Second to None by Damien Foley and Riley Ovall. Around the O, Accessed February 22, 2021. 

• Streamed 'Hamilton' was great theater on the small screen by Sharleen Nelson, University Communications. Around the O, August 6, 2020. 

• Support During A Pandemic of Racism - UO Counseling Center. 

• Major exhibit at University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art uplifts Black lives by Matthew Denis. The Register-Guard, July 18, 2021.

• UO Today with Avinnash Tiwari by Oregon Humanities Center. Soundcloud, October 2020. 

• UO art museum hosts celebration for Black Lives Matter grant artists by Chris Lindsay. KEZI, July 8, 2021.

• UO is Way Too White by Ella Hutcherson. Ethos Magazine, June 30, 2021.

• Verdict was 'the right result' in Chauvin trial, law professor says by Tim Christi. Around The O, April 23, 2021. 

• Vice provost's book to be produced as an HBO Max series by Anna Glavash Miller. Around the O, June 28, 2021.

• Xenophobia: An interview with Lyllye Reynolds-Parker about racism and civil rights in Eugene, OR. Racing to Change exhibit, Meseum of Natural and Cultural History, October 2019

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Articles

• 5 Iconic Black Artists Who Changed Dance History by Catie Robinson. Dance Magazine, Feb 2021.

• 6 Considerations for School Leaders Making a Statement About George Floyd by Dorinda J. Carter Andrews & Shaun R. Harper.  Education Week, June 2, 2020.

• 100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read, from Abi Daré to Zora Neale Hurston. Herald-Tribune, August 20, 2020 

• Angela Saini on Investigating the Return of Race Science; Epidode 46: #GoodAncestor  Layla F. Saad, February 17, 2021. 

• Ask the Expert: Promoting Mental Health for Black Communities | For Families, Parents & Professionals. CHADD, July 14, 2021.

• A Battle Between the Two Souls of America by Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic. November 11, 2020.

• Black Women Photographers offers a new outlook for Black creatives by Ibtasam Elmaliki. KultireHub, August 5, 2021. 

• Black Art Matters by Holland Cotter. The New York Times, January 13, 2021.

• Brene with Chad Sanders on What Black Leaders Learned fromTrauma and Triumph. Brene Brown, February 1, 2021. 

• Celebrating The Black Community Of Madison, N.J.. NPR OPB, June 6, 2021.

• Do We Ask Too Much of Black Heroes? By Imani Perry. The New York Times, January 29, 2021. 

• For the Love of Black Women. Webinar. Auburn, Jan 2021. 

• Ibram X. Kendi Likes to Read at Bedtime by By the Book. The New York Times, February 25, 2021.

• Isn't 400 Years Enough? The Failure to Appreciate Black History Leaves Our Nation Incomplete by Jonathan Holloway. New York Times, February 10, 2021.

• A long road leads to a new home for the UO's black students by Around the O. October 9, 2020. 

• A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry by Parul Sehgal, The New York Times. November 10, 2020.

• A Timely Collection of Vital Writing by Audre Lorde by Parul Sehgal. The New York Times, Sept. 15, 2020

• After George Floyd’s killing, many colleges are promising to do better for black students: Will anything change? by Liz Willen. The Hechinger Report, June 8, 2020.

• After the death of George Floyd, black UT students look to their university for support by Lara Korte, Austin American-Statesman. Go SanAngelo, June 8, 2020.

• The American Nightmare: To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction by Ibram X. Kendi. The Atlantic, June 1, 2020.

• Aunt Jemima: It was Never About the Pancakes, Black Excellence, 2019.

• The American Nightmare: To be black and conscious of anti-black racism is to stare into the mirror of your own extinction. By Ibram X. Kendi. The Atlantic, June 1, 2020.

• Baseball Rights a Wrong by Adding Negro Leagues to Official Records by Tyler Kepner. The New York Times. December 16th, 2020. 

• Connecticut Becomes First State To Require Courses On Black History by Ryan Shepard. Black Information Network. December 10, 2020.

• The Black Experience in Higher Education, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.

• Black Feminist, a film by Zanah Thirus, 2019

• Blackface: The Birth of An American Stereotype. National Museum of African American History and Culture 

• A Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Explains Why This Time Is Different by Isaac Chotiner. New Yorker, June 3, 2020.

• Black Lives Matter/Black Women Artists Matter, Women Arts, June 2020.

• Black Men & Mental Health: Overcome Barriers to Increase Student Satisfaction, Engagement & Degree Completion Paper Clip Communications

• Black Studies Program, University of Oregon

• For Black Professionals, Unrest Lays Bare a Balancing Act at Work by Te-Ping Chen. Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2020.

• Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality, by Elise Gould and Valerie Wilson. Economic Policy Institute. June 1, 2020.

• Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal: A conversation about truth and reconciliation in the US by Ezra Klein. Vox, July 20, 2020. 

• Canaries in the Coal Mine: COVID-19 Misinformation and Black Communities, by Brandi Collins-Dexter. Shorenstein Center. June 24, 2020.

• Donor challenges others to help advance the BCC vision by Ed Dorsch. Around the O,  July 20, 2020.

• Editors' Note: The Black Experience in Higher Education, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.

• Environmental Racism Is Real, Destructive and Deadly by Stacy M. Brown. The Skanner News, May 20, 2021.

• For the Weary: A Message from the Mountaintop, 1968 by Eric Ward, UO Alum, Execuitve Director, Western States Center. Medium, June 17, 2020.

• A ‘Glorious Poetic Rage’ by Jenna Wortham. The New York Times, June 5, 2020.

• Higher ed pioneer who shattered glass ceilings to speak at UO by Around the O. November 9, 2020. 

• Home for the Black and Educated by Jasmine Jackson. Vimeo, August 7, 2019. 

• How to Deconstruct Racism , One Headline at a Time (TED talk) with Baratunde Thurston, 2019.

• How Racial Health Disparities Will Play Out in the Pandemic by Julia Craven. Slate, March 30, 2020. 

• How The U.S. Can Move Beyond Performative Allyship To Tangible Actions That Advance The Black Community by Janice Gassam Asare. Fobes, June 29, 2021

• I’m a Black woman writing about money and race. Here’s what I see by Michelle Singletary. The Washington Post. December 18, 2020. 

• 'It Conjures Up Every Racial Stereotype.' For Black Men, Homemade Masks May Be a Risk All Their Own by Alejandro de la Garza. Time, April 16, 2020.  

• Listen to ‘1619,’ a Podcast From The New York Times by The New York Times. The New York Times, January 23, 2020.  Updated on June 10, 2020. 

• Mary Church Terrell, the Forgotten “Face of African American Women’s Suffrage Activism” by Alison Parker. Ms. Magazine, February 13, 2021. 

• Microaggressions: The Hidden Retention Killer. by CoDaC Program Assistant Kwadwo Assensoh. Insight into Diversity. December 22, 2020.

• The MIS-Education of the Black Male Student-Athlete: How Socio-demographic (Self) Identifiers Influence Their Identity Development and Their Involvement in College. NCORE, February 24, 2021. 

• The global impact of George Floyd: How Black Lives Matter protests shaped movements around the world by Jason Silverstein. CBS News, June 4, 2021.

• The Racist Roots of Campus Policing by Eddie Cole. The Washington Post, June 2, 2021.

• Novel by UO administrator is next in Common Reading Program by Cheyenne Thorpe. Around the O, November 17, 2020.

• Oregon once legally banned Black people. Has the state reconciled its racist past? by Nina Strochlic. National Geographic, March 8, 2021.

• Pushing Back Against Habits of White Supremacy During a Crisis by Kad Smith.  Compass Point.  Accessed September 2020.

• Poll: 1 in 5 say Black Lives Matter movement good for Oregon by Zane Sparling. Portland Tribune, July 12, 2021.

• Revolutionary Hope: A Conversation Between James Baldwin and Audre Lorde Republished from The Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, 1984.  The Culture, June 2020.

• The Souls of Black Professors, by IHE Staff. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020.

• Sources of Self-Regard: Self-Portraits From Black Photographers Reflecting on America, With an essay by Deborah Willis. NY Times, June 19, 2020.

• Spelman College to Launch First-Ever HBCU Queer Studies Chair in Honor of Audre Lorde by INSIGHT Staff. Insight into Diversity, January 13, 2021. 

• Spelman College to create scholarship in memory of John Lewis by Eric Strigus. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 2020.

•  Smithsonian Acquires Rare Photographs From the First African American Studios by By Aruna D’Souza. The New York Times, August 17, 2021.

• Strange Fruit, Spectrum Dance. Strange Fruit tracks choreographer Donald Byrd's feelings as a response to lynching and plays out as a series of dance/theater vignettes.

• SummerReads: 14 Books By Black Authors To Add To Your Bookshelf by Joi-Marie McKenzie. Essence, May 27, 2020.

• The traumatic effect of lifelong exclusion for black Americans in society by Drake Hills. Tennasean, June 4, 2020.

• Want to support Black people? Stop talking, start listening by Laura Hensley, Olivia Bowden. Global News. June 2, 2020.

• What Happens Before College Matters, by Madeline St. Amour. Inside Higher ED, October 20, 2020. 

• What's Really Behind the 1619 Backlash? An Interview With Nikole Hannah-Jones and TaNehisi Coates. The Ezra Klein Show, July 30, 2021. 

• ‘What was robbed must be repaired’: 5 Black business leaders talk reparations and corporate America’s role in closing the wealth gap by Courtney Connley. CNBC, June 19, 2021.

• When Culture Really Began to Reckon With White Privilege by Salamishah Tillet. NY Times. December 9, 2020.

• White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice? By Kelsey Smoot. The Guardian, June 29, 2020. 

• Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women

• Words Matter for College Presidents, but So Will Actions by Lindsay McKenzie. Inside Higher Ed, June 8, 2020.

• Why words aren’t enough from companies claiming to support Black Lives Matter, by Erica Licht and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Jan 13 AAWLS Speaker. Boston Globe. July 7, 2020.

• Is Slavery’s Legacy in the Power Dynamics of Sports? by Kurt Streetert. The New York Time, August 16, 2019. 

• Why These Four Banjo-Playing Women Resurrected the Songs of the Enslaved by Charlie Weber. The Smithsonian Magazine, April 10, 2019.

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Webinars, Lectures, Workshops

• Africology: the Afrocentric Disciplinary Approach to the Study of Africa. Hosted by the Eugene/Springfield NAACP, July 19, 2020. Webinar.   

• Asian American Solidarity from Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter by UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Eventbrite. November 20, 2020. Webinar

• Black Male Mental Health, A Virtual Conversation, Eugene/Springfield NAACP

• How to Deconstruct Racism , One Headline at a Time (TED talk) with Baratunde Thurston, 2019.

• How To Sign In BASL (Black American Sign Language) | Strong Black Lead. Netflix. November 30, 2020.

• Interview with Founders of Black Lives Matter (TED Talk). October 2016.

• The Black Lives Matter Movement and the Power of Protest. Presented by Allyson Hobbs, Associate Professor of American History, Director of African and African American Studies, Stanford University, fall 2020.

• The MIS-Education of the Black Male Student-Athlete: How Socio-demographic (Self) Identifiers Influence Their Identity Development and Their Involvement in College by NCORE Webinar Series. NCORE, February 24, 2021. Webinar.

• The path to ending systemic racism in the U.S. with Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King and Anthony D. Romero. TED2020, June 3, 2020.

• The Politics of Difference: Race, Technology, and Inclusion. Harvard Kennedy School. September 25, 2019. (AAWLS Jan 13 Speaker, Khalil Gibran Muhammad)

• This Defining Moment: A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill and Bryan Stevenson. NAACP LDP, 2020.