Race and Diversity in America

The African Feminist Initiative (AFI) at Pennsylvania State University was established in April 2015 by Gabeba Baderoon and Alicia C. Decker to advance research and teaching about African feminisms at Penn State and to build partnerships between Penn State faculty and feminist scholars, activists, and institutions in Africa and beyond. The AFI is sponsored in part through the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts.

Annual lectures named in Barbara Jordan's honor to recognize and introduce the Penn State community to the scholarship of African American civil rights activists.

A unique resource for interpreting and reflecting on life in 19th-century America, with a focus on slavery, war, the freedom struggle, and their contemporary legacies. The center is also home to The Journal of the Civil War Era and The People’s Contest, a Civil War-era digital archive to promote research into the lived experience of Pennsylvanians between 1851 and 1874, including a unique statewide bibliographic database of hidden collections, digitized manuscripts and contextual essays. The archival website is a collaborative project of the Richards Center and the University Libraries.

Annual lectures named in Nelson Mandela's honor to recognize and introduce the Penn State community to the scholarship of African American civil rights activists.

Documenting a century of student and faculty voices for change, including artifacts from the Eberly Family Special Collections Archive and protest categories for race and social justice, antiwar protest, LGBTQ advocacy, women’s rights, organized labor and activism today.

Central clearinghouse of ABA-related information and resources for attorneys, the legal profession and the public on a wealth of issues addressing bias, racism and prejudice in the justice system and society.