Department of Black Studies

To the Members of the Amherst College Community:  We write as the faculty of the Black studies department in support of the Black Student Union’s call for Amherst College to do more to address racial violence within our community. Acts that harm one member of our community harm

This letter was written by the Department of Black Studies in response to an opinion article by students on the college’s disability policies published in The Amherst Student on March 8. Dear Students, We, the faculty of the Department of Black Studies, applaud the courage and commitment you

Dear students, We in the Department of Black Studies were moved by Thursday’s walkout and sit-in at Frost Library. Initially an expression of solidarity with students at Missouri, Yale, and elsewhere, it quickly turned into an intense, fiery event, full of compelling stories of struggle, friendship, insistence on belonging,

We in the Department of Black Studies were extremely dismayed to learn that posters reading #BlackLivesMatter were torn down or postered over this past weekend. The #BlackLivesMatter campaign is of particular and urgent concern for our fellow humans who suffer disproportionately from police violence, but it should be of concern