Bucknell welcomed Erica Dunbar, a professor at Rutgers University. She has a background inhistory and African studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins the Griot Series Lineupfor this year’s theme of Black Joy. Her lecture was on Black History… Read moreErica Dunbar: Interview
On January 19th, Bucknell University hosted a pivotal MLK Week Event centered on the imperative task of unlearning racism within our institution. The event, held in the Hildreth Mirza Great Room, drew significant attendance as students and faculty convened to… Read moreMLK Week Event Recap: Unlearning Racism at a PWI
Each academic year, the Griot Institute identifies a question or issue of interest that’s central to the continued study of Black lives and cultures and develops a series of programs to explore these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives and dimensions…. Read moreGriot Spring Series 🌸: “Black Joy: A Strategy for Healing, Freedom and Reckoning,” with Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts
((Written by Ninah Jackson and Ryleigh Roberts)) Our 2024 Keynote Speaker and Bucknell Alum, Gbenga Akinnagbe, came to campus for a lunch Q/A and gave a lecture for the Sustaining Social Movements series. Founder of Liberated People, an activism and… Read moreGbenga Akinnagbe: Lecture and Q/A
Jeremiah Charles is a Black Freshman in Biomedical Engineering serving as a student intern at the Griot Institute for the Study of Black Lives and Culture. Gbenga Akinnagbe is a Writer, Actor, and Activist, known for his involvement in social… Read moreGbenga Akinnagbe: Interview
