New Directions in African American History

Join us as Dr. Quito Swan shares his latest research project titled “Melanesia’s Way: Black Internationalism and Diaspora in the South Pacific,” which seeks to understand how ideas of Black Power, African American freedom struggles and Pan-Africanism were shared in places such as Fiji, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Vanuatu. Dr. Swan is a professor of African Diaspora History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His research and teaching interests include Black internationalism and 20th-century Black social movements. FREE and open to the public. Registration is requested (but not required).