Grand Opening of the CAAAS Center at CU Boulder – Boulder Daily Came…

Reiland Rabaka, left, Founder and Director of the Center for African & African American Studies and Professor of African, African American, and Caribbean studies, gives CU football coach, Deion Sanders, and AD, Rick George, a tour of the new center during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

February 1:Gonzales, left, and Al Hassan Muhammad, of the Supreme Team, sing rap songs during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

The place was packed during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Reiland Rabaka, left, Founder and Director of the Center for African & African American Studies and Professor of African, African American, and Caribbean studies, gives CU football coach, Deion Sanders, and AD, Rick George, a tour of the new center during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Music was provided by the CU Music Brass CO. among others, during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Reiland Rabaka, right, Founder and Director of the Center for African & African American Studies and Professor of African, African American, and Caribbean studies, gives CU football coach, Deion Sanders, a tour of the new center during the grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , located in the historic Macky auditorium facility. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Balloons for grand opening of CU Boulder’s newest academic and research center, the Center for African and African American Studies, or CAAAS , is located in the historic Macky auditorium building. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)