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National Council for Black Studies exists to promote academic excellence and social responsibility in the discipline of Africana/Black Studies through the production and dissemination of knowledge, professional development and training, and advocacy for social change and social justice.

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National Council for Black Studies2 weeks ago

A great and mighty tree has fallen...

On August 6, 2022, Dr. James E. Turner, founding director of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, made his transition to be with the ancestors. The National Council for Black Studies deeply mourns the loss of one of our discipline’s leading lights, and a former member of our Board.

Born and raised in New York City, James Turner was profoundly influenced by a host of Black activists and intellectuals during his early life, including Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Malcolm X, and Betty Shabazz. After earning his undergraduate degree in Sociology and Political Economy from Central Michigan University (magna cum laude), he continued his education at Northwestern University and Union Graduate School in Cincinnati, where he earned his Ph.D. in Political Sociology and Urbanization and Social Policy. While still a graduate student, he gained a national reputation for Black activism, particularly after a contentious battle for Black student rights at Northwestern University. On May 3, 1968, just one month after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Turner led 120 students in a 38-hour sit-in at Northwestern’s Bursar’s Office to protest the racism and injustices Black students faced on campus. Turner’s leadership resulted in the University agreeing to eight concrete actions to improve the Black student experience, including the creation of The Black House and an expansion of the curriculum to include Black studies. As Martha Biondi, chair of Black Studies at Northwestern stated recently, “We are in his debt, literally, for the existence of our department.” Eva Patterson, who protested alongside Turner in 1968 and is now president and co-founder of the Equal Justice Society in Oakland, California, further stated, “James Turner helped me and many other Black students at Northwestern understand that, in addition to getting an education, we were obligated to help transform educational institutions on the issue of race...He helped me become the woman I am today.”

In 1969, Dr. James Turner became the founding director of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University following intense student protest. Under his dedicated leadership, the Center became a hub for intellectual development and political protest. It also became a home for generations of students seeking intellectual stimulation, political education, and a sense of family. Committed to a model of Africana Studies that explored the African-descended experience worldwide, Turner also championed Black women in academia by hosting multiple institutes entitled Holding Up Both Ends of Sky: Engendering Africana Studies. As his long-time friend Ron Daniels recently wrote, “Dr. Turner worked tirelessly to make the Africana Studies and Research Center (AS&RC) a resource for Black students on campus (whether they were enrolled in classes or not), the Black community in the city of Ithaca, Black America and the Pan African World.”

Throughout his career, Dr. Turner committed himself to social justice, boldly fighting apartheid and segregation in South Africa and the United States, including a fierce battle for divestment of corporate interests in South Africa. In 1974, he served as chair of the North American delegation to the Sixth Pan African Congress, and in 1973, he co-chaired the International Congress of Africanists in Ethiopia. He was also a founding member of the Board of Directors of TransAfrica, Chairperson of the National Malcolm X Commemoration Commission, and held leadership roles in the National Council for Black Studies and the African Heritage Association.

In addition to a large, loving family, Dr. James Turner is survived by generations of students who owe their lives to his mentorship and care.

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It has been an honor, pleasure and duty to have been elected to two terms as president of the National Council for Black Studies. Our Bylaws limit the presidency to two terms and so I happily pass on the torch. I could not have held this position of trust and responsibility without a great deal of help from others. I give thanks to the UMass Amherst AfroAm Department's Ms. Tricia Loveland, our administrative assistant, and especially the students. Keep coming to our annual conferences and doing the work to sustain and build this important organization. From its beginning, the Du Bois Department helped it to grow, especially John H. Bracey, Jr., and Chester Davis. I stand on their mighty shoulders and will continue to do all that i can to see it grow. In the cover of a September 1977 edition of Voices in Black Studies you see Prof. Bracey at a planning meeting for the 2nd annual conference that took place in Amherst! The theme was "Black Studies: Models for Development." The Du Bois Model of being an autonomous tenure and degree granting department with its own faculty of nearly 20 full-time professors (at that time) was showcased and analyzed in comparison to the other models of centers, institutes & programs that proliferated in the 1970s. Thanks Du Bois fam!

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Meet your new Executive Board. https://conta.cc/3BBEWci

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New Members or New Roles Create Executive Board Introducing Your New Executive Board President Dr. Valerie Grim Director of Undergraduate Studies, African American and African Diaspora Studies Indiana

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Gainesville, FL here we come! Registration is open for the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference sponsored by the University of Florida African American Studies department located in the Liberal Arts and Sciences college. https://conta.cc/3qIP78N
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Gainesville, FL here we come! Registration is open for the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference sponsored by the University of Florida African American Studies department located in the Liberal Arts and Sciences college. https://conta.cc/3qIP78N

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47th Annual NCBS Conference, March 22-25, 2023 - Gainesville, FL 47TH ANNUAL NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BLACK STUDIES CONFERENCE March 22-25, 2023 in Gainesville, FL Hilton University of Florida Conference

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