Angela Davis

Activist, educator, and writer Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis was a visiting professor at Stony Brook University in 2004.

James Baldwin

Writer and activist James Aurthur Baldwin, was a guest lecturer at Stony Brook University on Thursday, February 14th, 1985.

Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison, faculty professor at SUNY Albany School of Humanities, was a guest lecturer at Stony Brook University on Monday, March 4th, 1985.

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka was an author of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. Baraka is known for his substantial contributions to the arts, social activism, and lasting impact on Stony Brook University, teaching from 1979 to 1988 in the Africana Studies department.