The Bunche Center for African American Studies presents a talk and book signing by Houston A. Baker, Jr.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 193, Humanities Bldg. (formerly Kinsey Hall)
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Professor Baker is a Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt University.  His presentation is part of the Bunche Center Authors' Series.

Upcoming events at the Bunche Center:

Thursday, April 17 -- 12 - 1 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• "A Discussion with Elaine Brown"
• Elaine Brown is an author, activist, and 2008 Thurgood Marshall Lecturer.

Thursday, April 17 -- 12:15 - 1:45 PM, 2343/2355 Public Affairs Bldg.

• William Julius Wilson discusses "Social Structure and Culture in the Study of the Black Family"
• Professor Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.

Thursday, April 17 -- 5:30 - 9 PM, UCLA Covel Commons

• "2008 Thurgood Marshall Lecture and Dinner"
• Elaine Brown will deliver the address at the annual Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Thurgood Marshall Lecture and Dinner.
• THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT -- For ticket availability contact the Bunche Center at 310-206-8267 or visit www.bunche.ucla.edu

Friday, April 18 -- 12:30 - 1:30 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• "Graduate Writing Workshop"
• William Epps, UCLA Lecturer and Administrator will conduct the workshop.

Friday, April 25 -- 2 - 4 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• Irene Flecknoe Ross Lecture Series: "A Post-Genomic Surprise: The Molecular Reinscription of Race in Clinical Medicine and Forensic Science"
• Troy Duster, Professor, Department of Sociology, New York University, will present the lecture.

Friday, May 9 -- 12 - 1 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• Bunche Center Circle of Thought: "Still A Child of God: Contradictions and Cohesion in the Negotiation of Community Life for Black Gay Women"
• Mignon Moore, UCLA Assistant Professor, Afro-American Studies and Sociology, will present this lecture.

Friday, May 16 -- 7 - 9 PM, Hammer Museum

• Lani Guinier will discuss "Meritocracy, Inc. How Wealth Became Merit, Class Became Race and Higher Education Became a Gift from the Poor to the Rich"
• Lani Guinier is a professor in the School of Law at Harvard University.

Friday, May 30 -- 2 - 4 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• Gerald Wilson Living Legends Lecture Series: "A Discussion with Gerald Wilson"
• Gerald Wilson is an adjunct assistant professor in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

Wednesday, June 4 -- 12 - 1 PM, 135 Haines Hall

• Bunche Center Circle of Thought: "The Environmental Justice Movement: NAACP, National Urban League, and Secondary Marginalization"
• Sonya Winston, UCLA IAC Postdoctoral Fellow, will present.

Cost : Free and open to the public; pay-by-space and all-day parking ($8) is available in lot 2.

www.bunche.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Bunche Center for African American Studies