Tag Archive for: Race and Ethnicity

Image of actor Vin Diesel with director Justin Lin on the set of “F9: The Fast Saga.”Courtesy of Universal Studios

People of color helped keep movie business afloat during pandemic

UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report emphasizes importance…

UCLA, Howard University launch summer program on race, ethnicity and politics

The new UC-funded Mark Q. Sawyer Summer Institute will support…
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A legacy of confronting injustice

UCLA Professor Terence Keel’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary…
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UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics

By Stuart Wolpert The UCLA Department of Physics and…
Overhead view of Destination Crenshaw’s Sankofa Park featuring designs for works by Maren Hassinger, Kehinde Wiley and Charles Dickson.Rendering by Perkins&Will, courtesy of Destination Crenshaw

Destination Crenshaw pays tribute to Black creativity and history in Los Angeles

UCLA faculty and alumni contributed ideas, expertise and artworks…
Collage of images of Arthur Ashe, by Peter HovarthBy Peter Hovarth

Arthur Ashe: Champion for Justice

The tennis icon spent his life fighting for the oppressed.…
An image of Kyle Mays alongside his book coverPhoto credit: UCLA

Professor Kyle T. Mays spotlights Black–Indigenous solidarity in new book

By Jessica Wolf In ‘An Afro-Indigenous History of the United…
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UCLA faculty lead multicampus effort to highlight Indigenous voices

Centering Tribal Stories will train University of California…
Picture of Maurice Caldwell.

‘I could be killed at any time’: The anguish of being wrongfully convicted of murder

By Stuart Wolpert Maurice Caldwell spent 20 years in prison…