Harvard calls the situation "complex" as they still have not been able to confirm Lanier's relation to the enslaved persons.

When I ducked out of my 8 a.m. class at Morrison Hall because of a scratchy throat, I visited the first floor kitchenette and encountered a bulletin board with the photos of the recent concentrators ...

Getty Images But if you’re still going to have an AP African American Studies course, what would you put in it? Probably what can now be found in the revised framework, with units on (1 ...

Gain in-depth understanding of Africa and the African Diaspora — U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America — and insight into contemporary global issues facing Africana people when you choose one of the ...

AP African American Studies received intense public scrutiny ... Mass. Nick Hunt/Getty Images for MVAAFF The course takes students through the origins of the African diaspora, the subsequent ...

On weekends, Stanford University professor Adam Banks flies from the California campus to Cleveland, on a mission to teach a college-level African American studies class to the Black community ...

Born in a time of racial unrest, Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African-American culture and heritage ... Photograph by Bill Ray, The LIFE Picture Collection/ Getty Images Kwanzaa was ...

Brandi Waters, AP African American Studies' senior director, told USA TODAY the class is "an exciting course for students because it helps them to see a fuller picture of the world around them." ...

Images: Zuma Press/AFP via Getty Images ... Florida rejected a planned Advanced Placement class in African-American Studies because it “lacks educational value” and “is a vehicle for a ...

African American and African studies is an interdisciplinary field of study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Students in this department investigate the history and culture of communities ...