race and ethnicity

Miriam Matthews’ personal papers, oral history and photo archive show how she shaped Los Angeles.

The former Bruin integrated baseball and changed history on April 15, 1947, when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

A UCLA study finds those who have been undocumented experience even greater levels of unequal work conditions.

In a new report, UCLA researchers recommend extending eviction protections for all, until unemployment figures reach pre-pandemic levels.

UCLA labor studies faculty discuss the history and key lessons we can learn from the labor champion.

Building on decades of scholarship, the new Hip Hop Initiative will highlight the local and global impact of this Black art form.

The latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report again emphasizes the importance of minority audiences.

Juri Watanabe competed in the 2021 Miss Universe pageant, focusing on mental health awareness as her platform.

The new UC-funded Mark Q. Sawyer Summer Institute will bring young Howard scholars to UCLA for an immersive six-week research experience.

OD mortality rates increased during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis for all groups studied and were highest among Native Americans.

Sparked by the national reckoning with racial justice, Samantha Mensah co-founded BlackInChem to help other students of color and women advance as chemists.

The event revolves around the four exhibitions on view, which feature art from Africa and Australia.

Bruins recommend works for education and enjoyment to celebrate throughout February.

Student artist Maia Hadaway created a cafeteria-like scene of generations of important Black Bruins and civil rights leaders for the center.

The past becomes personal for UCLA students studying the experiences of Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II.

A new pilot program aims to help low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented students pursue graduate studies and research careers.

Q&A with historian Miriam Petty about “Stormy Weather,” which the UCLA Film & Television Archive will screen on Feb. 19

The professor examines the cultural and theological backgrounds of traditional thinking.

UCLA legal scholars have long used these methods to examine shifting attitudes toward racial justice throughout U.S. history.

UCLA faculty and alumni contributed ideas, expertise and artworks to the $100 million revitalization project.

For two decades, Rev. James Lawson Jr. — one of King’s close friends and a fellow civil and labor rights leader — has taught a course on King’s signature method for social reform.

A UCLA-funded study models the toll of heat and dehydration on the human body along the unforgiving routes used by Latin American migrants.

A new UCLA study has found that Latinos, who comprise nearly half the county’s population, pen less than 5% of the paper’s op-eds.

A multigenerational mural lights up UCLA’s new Black Bruin Resource Center.

In an era filled with challenges, Bruin gymnasts celebrate their individuality and evolve their sport ― as a big, multiethnic family.