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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
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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!
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
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Even caught up with @clascholars.bsky.social at the history convention!
September 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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More ASALH highlights! More fellowship with @clascholars.bsky.social!
September 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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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

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#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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September 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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

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July 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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✊🏽#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.
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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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!
March 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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
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February 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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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

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January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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!
December 27, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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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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December 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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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
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM