Black and Latino Studies has been at Baruch College for 50 years!  Now, it will begin the long-anticipated  process of creating a BLS major.  In the interim, students can more easily pursue BLS as an ad-hoc major with this recommended sequence of courses.

The Department of Black and Latino Studies at Baruch was born from a struggle for racial justice, equity, and opportunity in higher education. In the 1960s interracial coalitions of students, faculty, and staff all over the United States organized to establish academic spaces that recognize Black and Latinx people’s intellectual and cultural contributions to the world. This intervention created the path for a range of interdisciplinary academic departments and programs, including Ethnic Studies, LGBT+ Studies, Women and Gender Studies.

WATCH:  THIS HISTORY OF BLS@BARUCH BY Malachi Davidson and Andrea Gonzales, BC ’22

Today, the Black and Latino Studies Department offers interdisciplinary, intersectional approaches to the study of the ideas, history, politics, literature, music, religions, cultures, economic and social contributions by people of African and Latin American descent, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.