Thanks to a generous donation by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Wayne State University is proud to announce a multi-year cluster hire of 50 tenured or tenure-track faculty over a three-year period, and the establishment of the Detroit Center for Black Studies. This faculty-led center will be multidisciplinary and inclusive of the breadth of scholars who work in African American, African, and African-diaspora studies with attention to U.S. and global histories, urban, cultural, social, economic, legal, and health systems. Detroit is one of the largest majority-Black cities in the United States. A stop on the Underground Railroad, the city has a long legacy of Black liberation and labor struggles, Black political firsts, vibrant Black grassroots organizations, and Black artistic,