Learn more about Global Black Studies
The Global Black Studies Program provides a framework to encourage intellectual discourse on the African and African American experience. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, Global Black Studies grounds students in the histories, cultures, literatures, and traditions of Africans and how they impacted the various regions where they came to reside since the sixteenth century.
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Dr. A. D. Carson Spring 2022 GBS Lecture Series
“Gabby Villagran is a graduate student at Clemson University in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. While she is working towards a career in counseling, she has a background in art and graphic design, having gained her degree in Studio Art from Furman University in 2020. She joined us this fall as a Social Media and Marketing Intern, taking over our social media accounts and overall internet presence. ”
Gabby VillagranClinical Mental Health Counseling ProgramClemson University
“Growing up in an immigrant community in and around Detroit, Michigan, I could not understand my neighborhoods or the world I live in without studying the ideas, arts, and histories of African diasporas. Black-led freedom struggles have challenged systems of exploitation for centuries, enlarged immigration and labor rights, and explored the links between freedom struggles locally and worldwide. ”
Angela NaimouAssociate ProfessorDepartment of English
