University of Pittsburgh

Department of Africana Studies

Faculty

Joseph K. Adjaye
Professor of African History and Culture

Brenda F. Berrian
Professor of Africana Studies, English, and Women’s Studies

Cecil Blake
Chair and Associate Professor

Kwame Botwe-Asamoah
Assistant Professor

Dennis V. Brutus
Professor Emeritus

Yolanda Covington-Ward
Assistant Professor

Vernell A. Lillie
Professor Emeritus

Oronde S. Sharif
Lecturer and Major Advisor

Jerome Taylor
Associate Professor

Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement.

Our Mission is The study, research, interpretation, and dissemination of knowledge concerning African American, African, and Caribbean affairs and culture.