CMU 2026 Juneteenth Keynote Lecture
June 17, 2026 5:00PM—6:30PM
Location:
In Person - Registration Required
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Simmons Auditorium, Tepper Building
Speaker:
AMANDA BOSTON,
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Africana StudiesUniversity of Pittsburgh
The Office of the Vice Provost for Community, Culture and Engagement invites the CMU community to the 2026 Juneteenth Keynote Lecture: Juneteenth: The Unfinished Work of Freedom
Dr. Amanda Boston is an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research, writing and teaching focus on twentieth-century and contemporary African American history, politics and popular culture. She is completing her first book on gentrification’s racial operations and the making and unmaking of Black communities in Brooklyn, New York, and has published related works in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes in sociology and urban history. Boston has received research funding and support from the Ford Foundation, the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, the Social Science Research Council and the Wallace Foundation, among other sources. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Africana Studies from Brown University, as well as an M.A. in political science and a B.A. in political science and African & African American studies from Duke University. Learn more
REGISTER
⇢ Requested by Tuesday, June 16 @ 5:00 pm
⇢ Following the lecture, join in for a reception co-hosted by Sankofa Black Alliance.
For More Information:
vp-cce@andrew.cmu.edu