Swimming Upstream: Black Males in Adult Education
N119A multi-media event presented as part of Black History Month. When: 3:00 - 5:00pm(doors open at 2:30pm) Organizer: Counseling Center, African American Studies All Welcome.
A multi-media event presented as part of Black History Month. When: 3:00 - 5:00pm(doors open at 2:30pm) Organizer: Counseling Center, African American Studies All Welcome.
Sponsored by: AFR, OSA, and SLD More details to follow.
This exhibition uses photographs and books to highlight iconic moments from President Barack Obama and his family’s eight years in the White House.
The African American National Read-In, which celebrates literacy and African American culture, is held each year around the United States. As part of its participation in this national event, African American Studies showcases the writings and bonds between activists James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry as well as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Bring in your archival treasures, related to Brooklyn’s African American history, and have them professionally evaluated by historian and appraiser Dr. Elvin Montgomery.
This keynote event provides a space for dialogue about healing in Africana communities. Rashida Bumbray, a Brooklyn-based curator and choreographer, and Senior Program Manager of the Arts Exchange at Open Society Foundations is the featured keynote guest. Ms. Bumbray's talk titled “The Value of Black Spaces” includes an abbreviated screening of Black America Again (with Common, Stevie
Black Life & Photography
The Read-In
Keynote event: LaShonda Katrice Barnett LaShonda Katrice Barnett was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1974, and grew up in Park Forest, Illinois. She is the author of the debut novel Jam on the Vine (Grove 2015; paperback 2/2016) and a story collection (1999). Designated a Stonewall Honor Award by the American Library Association (2016),
The Life of Zora Neale Hurston: A Curated Exhibit
City Tech students, faculty, and staff read excerpts from classic and contemporary Africana texts with special recognition of W. E. B. DuBois and Audre Lorde. Refreshments to follow.