AAS Minors Attend 2014 National Council for Black Studies Conference

By AAS News Staff

African American Studies supported four UH students in their travel to the 38th Annual National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Conference in Miami, Fla., from March 5-9, 2014. Dana M. Maule, Renee A. Richardson, Da’Vonte Lyons, and Mic’eal Thomas each presented individual research papers at the conference. The conference theme for this year was “Challenging Racial Terrorism: Black Resistance and Community Building Across the African Diaspora”.

NCBS is the major professional organization for African American/Black Studies. Each student worked with AAS to draft and revise their research papers from the course AAS 4377: Senior Seminar on W.E.B. Du Bois. Student presentations varied in scope, with discussions of Du Bois’ influence on mixed methodology, sociology, philosophy and the Harlem Renaissance. The depth, organization and soundness of each student’s research received high praise from both panel chairs and audience members alike. Moreover, one student, Mr. Lyons, received induction into the NCBS national honor society Ankh Maat Wedjau. This was only the second time in five years that AAS has taken students to the conference.