The Black Studies Speaker Series is organized by the Chair of Events and Communications of the Black Studies Collective, Dr. Joseph Kangmennaang. Dr. Kangmennaang is a ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ National Scholar in Black Health and Social change whose research examines how the places we live, work, worship and play impact population health and wellbeing especially with regards to (re)emerging infectious and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) among Black populations in continental Africa and North America. His current research explores Black immigrants’ experience in the United States and Canada towards understanding how Black immigrants’ health and wellbeing are impacted by social, technological, and demographical changes.
Black Studies Speaker Series 2025–26
504 and Beyond: Disability Politics and the Black Panther Party
Date: Monday, November 10, 2025
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Online
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Drawing from the book, Black Disability Politics, this talk will detail the Black Panther Party’s involvement in the 1977 504 Sit-in and discuss it as a historical example of how Black cultural workers have engaged with disability as a political issue in ways that have sometimes been obscured in Black studies and disability studies alike.