National African American Read-In
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….
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Black History Month: The Legacy of Storytelling: Celebrating 50 Years of African American Studies
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….
Black History Month: The Legacy of Storytelling: Celebrating 50 Years of African American Studies
Keynote Event
T.R. Simon, author of the Edgar Award –nominated children’s book Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground, and musician/composer Khuent Rose participate in a community conversation about storytelling in Africana communities.
The event also includes student presentations, a musical selection by Rose on the steel pan, a book signing by Simon, and a reception….
African American Studies Department presents Black Solidarity Day 2018
The Legacy of Storytelling: Celebrating 50 Years of African American Studies Student & video presentations and a community conversation with Kamila Forbes Executive Producer, The Apollo Theater Dr. Jonathan W….
African American Studies Department presents Black Solidarity Day:Our Democracy: The Black Immigrant Experience
Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Ndugga-Kabuye Benjamin Ndugga-Kabuye is a local organizer and Advocacy and Research Manager with the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). Mr. Ndugga-Kabuye’s commitment to building infrastructure for social…
African American Studies presentsSpring Faculty Colloquium
African American Studies Department presents Black Solidarity Day: Post Obama: How do we lead?
Speaker: Reverend Shareka Newton Born & raised in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn, Reverend Shareka Newton was reared by her maternal grandmother Priscilla Barnes-Davis. Mrs. Davis instilled a sense…
The African American Studies Department Presents Harlem: Urban Renewal, Tourism & Gentrification by Professor Susan Phillip
[icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 2:45 – 4 PM [icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Location: A-632 Co-Sponsored by: The Interdisciplinary Committee A “Knowing…
African American Studies Department presents Black Solidarity Day: 1, 2, 3 – In the Place to Be: Social Justice and Advocacy in Hip Hop Music
[icon name=”calendar” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Date: November 2 [icon name=”clock-o” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Time: 3:30-5:30 PM [icon name=”map-marker” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Location: Atrium Amphitheater [icon name=”file-pdf-o” class=””] Click to view poster….
The Annual Spring Colloquium for African American Studies: Professor Diane Wilson presents Migration In Reality
Migration In Reality True Events in Migration Paintings by Jacob Lawerence Professor Diane Wilson, presenter Thursday, April 30, 2015 Room: N227 A 12:45pm – 2:15pm [icon name=”file-pdf-o” class=””] Click to…