The Kwame Ture Award

The Kwame Ture Award is granted to the AAS major who has performed exemplary activism or civic engagement. (The GPA must be a minimum of 3.0 and the student must be in good standing in their current courses. One cannot receive this more than once.)

The John Henrik Clarke Award

The John Henrik Clarke Award is granted to a graduating AAS major senior who has performed exemplary service to the department or Africana Studies more broadly. (The GPA must be a minimum of 3.0 and the student must be in good standing in their current courses.)

The Asa Hilliard Award

The Asa Hilliard Award is granted to a second-year M.A. student who exemplifies academic achievement and service to Africana Studies. (The GPA must be a minimum of 3.5 and the student must be in good standing in their current courses.)

The AAS Graduate Award

The AAS Graduate Award for Academic Achievement is granted to a second-year M.A. student with the highest GPA. (The GPA must be a minimum of 3.8 and the student must be in good standing in their current courses.)

The AAS Undergraduate Research Award

The AAS Undergraduate Research Award is granted to an outstanding undergraduate who participates in the annual departmental colloquium. (The student must be in good standing in their current courses.)

The Lucille Adams Scholarship

The Lucille Adams Scholarship is granted to an Africana Studies major who is a rising senior with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA and a minimum 3.5 GPA in the major. Awardees must have unmet financial need. Service to the community, campus and particularly the department of Africana Studies will be taken into consideration in awarding the scholarship. All applications require a letter of recommendation from a core faculty member of the department of Africana Studies

Renata Hicks-Jamila Maat-Nation Award

Renata Hicks-Jamila Maat-Nation Award for Outstanding Alumni Award is given to Alumni Africana Studies majors* on an annual basis who fulfill the following:

1. Continued service to Africana Studies
2. Achievement in professional life.
3. Significant civic engagement
4. Academic contributions to the field of Africana Studies
   1. *Students who participated in the 1992 sit-in or the development of AAS at Georgia State University are also eligible for consideration.

The LeVoyd L. Carter, II Esq. Memorial Scholarship

In 2022 The LeVoyd L. Carter, II Esq. Memorial Scholarship was established by Sherry Carter to posthumously honor her husband’s life and legacy by helping both current and future generations of students at his alma mater Georgia State University to earn their degree. An Atlanta native, LeVoyd L. Carter, II Esq. graduated from North Clayton High School and attended Morehouse College before transferring to Georgia State University where he graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice. In 1997 he completed law school at the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida and became a highly regarded corporate attorney. Prior to becoming only the third black student to win a Georgia State University school-wide election to become Student Government Association President in 1994, LeVoyd served as Vice-President of the Georgia State University Black Student Alliance.

In November of 1992 LeVoyd and other student leaders led a protest against racism, sexism, and homophobia on campus that started with a protest in the President’s office and culminated in a Sparks Hall sit-in. The protest drew support of students, community activists, and the Atlanta branch of the NAACP and the local chapter of the ACLU, and resulted in a number of reforms and new initiatives including the Board of Regent’s agreement to develop and fund the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University.

Eligibility criteria follow below:

• Minimum 2.75 GPA
• Current junior or senior in Africana Studies
• Demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid
• Submit an essay on the impact that this scholarship will have on the applicant
• Each recipient may only receive the scholarship one time