1. Stephen Ward, associate professor of Afroamerican and African studies, and a student examine archived materials from the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. The materials have been newly digitized and made available online for U-M students, faculty and staff. (Image: Lon Horwedel)

    Bentley digitizes records for Afroamerican and African studies

    Archive includes audio, video, and other historic assets documenting black activism and academia.

  2. Black students protest at U-M, 2014. Image by Adam Glanzman

    Being black at Michigan

    Student activists spark national dialogue; engage with alumni, use social media to organize and advocate for change.

  3. The black yearbook of 1976

    In 1975 Sheryl Barnes saw few people like herself in the U-M yearbook. So she published her own document of the African-American student experience.

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