Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.

Follow me now on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/jervet… Respectability WILL NOT SAVE US.

Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @rgay, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @BlackCCN —Check out the Festival Promo Video by @MNNNYC youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?si… via @YouTube

CCNY STUDENTS are invited to submit proposals for the Student Symposium at the 46th Annual Langston Hughes Festival, February 13, 2025 — showcase your creative works, research & more during #BlackHistoryMonth — You can win Monetary Prizes!! The 2025 LHF Medal Recipient is @rgay!

Join the Black Studies Department at The City College of New York, February 13-14, 2025, for the 46th Annual Langston Hughes Festival honoring @rgay during the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance! More Festival information COMING SOON!!! ccny.cuny.edu/lhf

Tonight we honored Charles Powell as he received a 2024 Townsend Harris Medal from @ccnyalumniassoc — Charles was a member of the Takeover in 1969 that presented Five Demands that led to the creation of the Black Studies Department at @CityCollegeNY

HAPPENING NOW!!! #CLAscholars — Join our 2024 Post-Election Fellowship TONIGHT via ZOOM — 7pm-8pm EDT — the Zoom link and statement are available via your email and at clascholars.org

#CLAscholars — Join our 2024 Post-Election Fellowship TONIGHT via ZOOM — 7pm-8pm EDT — see the full statement from CLA President @Jervette — the Zoom link and statement are available via your email and at clascholars.org

Vote like our lives depend on it tomorrow. They do. #KamalaHarris

The @CityCollegeNY Spring 2025 Schedule & Registration are LIVE — Check out the Courses from the new BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENT! You can make it your MAJOR and/or MINOR TODAY — We Want YOU With US in #HARLEM! @Jervette @emilyraboteau

When the Boardroom is done for the day…. The Annual @CLAscholar Presidential Afterparty theme is loading… April 25, 2025 #CLABadandBoujee #CLA2025 #CLA25Vancouver #CLAscholars

Planning the @CLAscholar 83rd Annual Convention with this Rockstar Team in #VancouverWashington has been FUN, EXHAUSTING, & BRILLIANT! Registration for #CLA25Vancouver opens soon as we head #WEST & we can't wait to see you for #CLA2025, April 23-26, 2025! clascholars.org

@jerichobrown OMG!!! You done MADE IT!!!!

Y’all… Our freedom to read is a cornerstone of democracy. This #BannedBooksWeek, join me and @NAACP_LDF to take meaningful action! @NAACP_LDF

We are excited to announce our upcoming event on October 3, the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer! This event will feature two panels, one of scholars and one of civil rights veterans, speaking on the civil rights movement in MS.

The new episode on @BlackCCNY is now streaming on @cunytv and on #YouTube.

@CityCollegeNY Black Studies Department Chair Jervette R. Ward was the guest on the Season 10 Episode 1 Premiere of Black America TV hosted by Carol Jenkins. youtu.be/TbwLC2h4HOQ?si…

The episode, "How Five Demands Led to Change at City College," tells the story of the 1969 Takeover at CCNY, which is detailed in the new film on PBS, @fivedemandsfilm, and the reestablishment of the Black Studies Department in 2024.

@ParisNoire 😍

BREAKING US Justice Department announces massive federal investigation of the Rankin County Sheriff’s office for allegations of a pattern and practice for violation of civil rights.