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Two males and three female African American students in graduation regalia. From left to right, the students wear blue graduations sashes with golden accents; the student on the left wears a black sash with green, yellow and red decorative elements.

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(2014) The Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies becomes the UCLA Department of African American Studies.

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