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Students at the Africana Center commemoration

A broad preparation

Undergraduate Program

The Africana studies undergraduate major and minor prepare students for a broad range of academic and professional careers in both the public and private sectors. Africana studies has a history of shaping students' intellectual discipline, creativity, and social and political awareness.  

The undergraduate program

Grad students

An unique perspective

Graduate Program

An interdisciplinary global study of race and Blackness makes Africana studies at Cornell a significant resource for graduate students who want to engage in the interdisciplinary study of Black people in Africa, the African diaspora and around the globe.

The graduate program

Upcoming Africana Events

Mar 21
Thursday 05:00 PM

“What We Answer To: A Southern Daughter’s REFLECTION”

Africana Studies and Research Center Multipurpose Room
Apr 25
Thursday 12:00 PM
Apr 25
Thursday 05:00 PM

Reading by Colin Channer

Goldwin Smith Hall Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, 132
May 24
Friday 12:00 AM
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A unique resource

The Africana Studies & Research Center

The Africana Studies & Research Center extends the teaching and learning opportunities that we provide in both our undergraduate and graduate classrooms well beyond to service learning projects and community initiatives, from local to transnational contexts.

The Center

Underground Railroad Hub

Exploration on the Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad Hub

The projects featured here provide information about documented underground railroad activities in our region, tell us about the small Black communities that settled here to escape slavery after New York state outlawed it in 1827, and inform us about those ordinary people who braved assisting freedom seekers at great personal risk to themselves and their families.

The Hub 

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