Tag Archive for: History

Composite of Tom Lifka in an off-white sweater with view of campus from above
Manuscript pages showing water creatures
head and shoulders portrait of Richard Hovannisian
Michael Rothberg in a blue checkered dress shirt, with a walkway lined with stone columns in the background.
Black-and-white photo of President John F. Kennedy signing the Equal Pay Act
Gillian Smith smiling while wearing a purple sweater and red baseball hat, with canyon formations and a blue afternoon sky in the background.

Gillian Smith is living history

This graduating senior changed her academic direction—and life—at…

UCLA’s Brenda Stevenson on reclaiming the history of the Black family

The historian and author discusses her new book, ‘What Sorrows…

A Victorian-era computer pioneer gets to speak for herself

Ada Lovelace published the first description of a computer program;…
Alex Haley seated in chair in backyard, surrounded by foliage

Time capsule: Alex Haley’s deep dive on Malcolm X and ‘Roots’ at UCLA

50 years ago, the celebrated author spoke in Royce Hall about…

Professor’s book spotlights legacy of Mexican political organizers in the American West

Kelly Lytle Hernández’s ‘Bad Mexicans’ comes at a time…