Celebrating Black History
A look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month.
• Alamo Community College District,
San Antonio College, Texas
Lecture: Special guests: Brown sisters from Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Panel: “Brown v. Board of Education: Where Are We Today?”; “Is There Equality in Education?”
• Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
African Drum Ensemble: Delightful hour of African American and African music and a discussion of the genre, lead by Dr. Mark Sunkett.
Lecture: “I Shook-up the World! Muhammad Ali and the Politics of Popular Representation,” presented by Matthew Whitaker.
Presentation: “Sustained by Clay”: Sculptor Helen Osman tells of her journey through brain injury and her survival.
• Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio
Soul Food Dinner: Recipes collected over the years from the Deep South to the far North combine a variety of spices from the Caribbean and Africa.
• Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio
5th Annual Black Issues Conference:
“Definition Hip-Hop.”
Concert: “The Life and Music of William Grant Still: Dean of African American Composers.”
Lecture: “Racial Performativity and Anti-Racist Performance,” lecture by Professor Shannon Jackson, UC Berkeley.
Plays: “The Dutchman” and “Sally’s Rape” — two one-act plays exploring the African American experience.
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
Lecture: Black History Month keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West.
2nd Annual Africana Festival: “Unity in the Spirit of Diversity,” includes music, dance, lectures, ethnic vendors multicultural, storytelling, student panel discussions, drumming workshops.
• Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Va.
Lecture: “Unsung Heroes of Massive Resistance,” presented by Dr. M. Boyd Jones and Mr. John Stokes; “Massive Resistance in Virginia,” presented by Barbara Ciara, WTKR News Channel 3 managing editor and anchor; “Using the Internet for Research Related to African American History and Culture,” presented by librarian Sherry Dupree; “Virginia and Massive Resistance,” presented by Dr. Edward H. Peeples, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University.
