Housed in the Department of African American Studies and funded by generous grants from the Mellon and Spencer Foundations, the Banned Scholars Project highlights threats to academic freedom, freedom of speech, and the teaching of race and gender around the country. The initiative defends public education and the teaching of social movements dedicated to justice and liberation through week-long residencies with scholars facing political persecution, public events and conversations, and a partnership with the African American Studies Department at Berkeley High School.
Banned Scholars Project Principal Investigators: Professors Michael Cohen, Tianna Paschel, Nikki Jones, and Ula Taylor.