African American Studies Department presents 2021 Black History Month Keynote Event: Black Lives Lead: We, Too, Sing America!…
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Black History Month 2020: Soul Steps Performance
Soul Steps’ performance illustrates the dynamic percussive dance movement called Stepping. Their often interactive presentation also includes an overview of the history and healing power of stepping throughout the African…
Black History Month 2020: Marching On!
Blackness and the Spatial Politics of Performance for Black Americans under Jim Crow Segregation Public space in the 19th and 20th century was inaccessible most of the time, but there…
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….
Black History Month: The Legacy of Storytelling: Celebrating 50 Years of African American Studies
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….
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….
The African American Studies Department presents Black History Month: Our Democracy
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…
The African American Studies Department presents Black History Month: Our Democracy
The Read-In…
The African American Studies Department presents Black History Month: Our Democracy
Black Life & Photography…
Follow The Drinking Gourd: Healing In Africana Communities
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…