University of Texas Honors Late Black Studies Scholar

Last week the University of Texas held a ceremony to commemorate the renaming of its Center for African and African-American Studies. The new name is the Dr. John L. Warfield Center for African and African-American Studies.

Professor Warfield was a faculty member at the university’s College of Liberal Arts for more than a quarter of a century. He was instrumental in building the black studies program at the university. Professor Warfield died in October 2007 at the age of 71.