Department Events

The Oregon Humanities Center hosts weekly Work-in-Progress Talks to showcase the humanities research of its many fellows. This week, Micah Jones presents her research on "The Price of Freedom: Race, Consumption, and the Long Black Freedom Struggle, 1915-1970."

Jones's project is a history of consumerism and civil rights activism in the Jim Crow South. She documents the discrimination Black shoppers faced in white-owned stores, and how they protested these practices. She also tracks how broader changes in the retail industry impacted Black consumers, in particular. For Black southerners, securing their civil rights was not enough. True freedom necessitated full and equal access to all realms of public life, from the polls to the produce aisle. 

Join us for this Work-in-Progress Talk in the OHC Conference Room (Prince Lucien Campbell Hall 159) at noon on Fridays. These events are free and open to the public. Please register for this event online at ohc.uoregon.edu.

Join us in celebrating the Class of 2027! 

For graduate RSVP requirements and day-of details, email cascommencement@uoregon.edu or call 541-346-5472. You can also visit https://cas.uoregon.edu/cas-commencement-2027 for more information.

Major:

• Anthropology
• Cinema Studies
• Economics
• Ethnic Studies
• General Social Science
• Geography
• History
• Math
• Math and Computer Science
• Native American and Indigenous Studies
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Spatial and Data Science
• Theatre Arts
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies