The College Language Association
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The College Language Association (CLA) was founded in 1937 by Black collegiate scholars of English & World Languages at an HBCU in Memphis, TN, publishes the peer-reviewed academic journal, CLAJ, and hosts an annual Convention — www.clascholars.org
Happy Holidays from The College Language Association, President @jervette.bsky.social & VP Janaka Lewis
Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙 We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨ #CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org
As a 501(c)(3), a tax-deductible gift to CLA will further the mission & work that has supported the teaching, study, & uplift of Black students, scholars, & teachers of languages & literatures, especially at HBCUs, & throughout the academy for nearly 90 years! Join me in giving this #GIVINGTUESDAY!
The College Language Association@clascholars.bsky.social · 12mo agoIt’s our first #givingtuesday! 📚✨ When you donate to the College Language Association, you’re investing in students, scholars, & the future of Black literary and language studies. Thank you for helping us continue the work. Donate TODAY to #CLA! www.clascholars.org #CLAscholars #GivingTuesday2025
It’s our first #givingtuesday! 📚✨ When you donate to the College Language Association, you’re investing in students, scholars, & the future of Black literary and language studies. Thank you for helping us continue the work. Donate TODAY to #CLA! www.clascholars.org #CLAscholars #GivingTuesday2025
Even caught up with @clascholars.bsky.social at the history convention!
More ASALH highlights! More fellowship with @clascholars.bsky.social!
Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, & Faith as Foundation — Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026 Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6ED7uUb/ #CLA26
Welcome to THE 'Sip! Join @Kiese Laymon @jervette @janakalewis @constancebailey38 and ALL the #CLAscholars for the 84th Annual CLA Convention hosted by @Jackson State University April 8-11, 2026! YOU...
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Jackson is calling, CLA Family! Summer Registration for the 2026 CLA Convention is open until August 15th! Register today for the 84th Annual Convention! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org
✊🏽#BHM spotlight: @clascholars.bsky.social and Dr Hugh Gloster, CLA’s founder. To learn more about CLA, visit clascholars.org; and you can learn more about Dr Gloster there too.
Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY! Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies @cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
Looking forward to viewing & discussing The Five Demands Film, which helped establish @blackccny.bsky.social — join us at Session 428 during #MLA25 in #NOLA — also looking forward to connecting with my #CLAscholars — be sure to check out all the @clascholars.bsky.social Panels and Sessions!
Paula Krebs@paulakrebs.bsky.social · 2y agoHighlighting #s428 at #MLA25, A screening of the documentary The Five Demands, about the 1969 strike by black and Puerto Rican students at CCNY. Take a break from sessions to see a film! @jervette.bsky.social
Highlighting #s428 at #MLA25, A screening of the documentary The Five Demands, about the 1969 strike by black and Puerto Rican students at CCNY. Take a break from sessions to see a film! @jervette.bsky.social
A Screening of <em>The Five Demands</em>
The Five Demands presents a riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City Colleg...
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In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem — Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025 as @blackccny.bsky.social bestows the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social #AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
