The Anthropology department and Asian American Studies program bring Dr. Herbert Ruffin II, Syracuse University African American Studies chair and assistant professor, to discuss the topic of California’s civil rights movement for Black power on Thursday, Feb. 20.

For students, Dr. Ruffin II will present “The Struggle on Multiple Chains: California’s Long Civil Rights-Black Power Movement” from 11 a.m. to noon at the Henry Madden Library 2206.

For faculty and staff, Dr. Ruffin will present “Freedom’s Racial Frontier: ‘The African American West in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Scholarship’” from 2 to 4 p.m. at Social Sciences 205A.

Sponsored by the Black Staff and Faculty Association, Africana Studies Program, History Department, Center for Creativity and the Arts and the Cross Cultural and Gender Center.

For more information or special accommodations, please contact Dr. Jenny Banh, anthropology and ASAM assistant professor, at jenbanh@csufresno.edu.