Making Sense of it All:

Africana Studies Presents
February 2016
Black History Month
Making Sense of it All:
The Black Experience
in America Today
Until the breakthrough of the 1960’s Black Studies
movement, people of African descent in America were
defined by the legacy of chattel slavery and the oppression
of segregation. This year we recognize the strengths,
contributions, and resilience of the Black Diaspora.
~ February 2016 ~
Dr. Okera Nsombi
LECTURE/WORKSHOP
Dr. Kassahun Kebede
10
11
Dope Black Women
3:00 p.m. | Monroe 205
KEYNOTE ADDRESS &
BOOK SIGNING
George DuVall
17
Black Student Union Presents:
Dead or in Prison: My Journey Through
Foster Care
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
Black Student Union Presents:
The New Plantation
3:00 p.m. | Monroe 205
Stuck in the Middle: Being Black
and Biracial
1:00 p.m. | Monroe 205
Dr. Jeanne Baynes
Race-Related Stress, Racial Identity
Attitudes and Health Among African
American and Women of Color
3:00 p.m. | Monroe 205
Activist in Residence: Layers of Diversity
3:15 p.m. | Monroe 207
Angela Schwendiman, MA
Picking up the Pieces: Reconstructing My
African American Ancestry and Identity
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
Sandy Williams
Activist in Residence: Rolling up Our
sleeves: What does it REALLY take to be
effective?
3:15 p.m. | Monroe 207
FILM: 20 Feet from Stardom
6:00 p.m. | SHW 109
24
Bywords: The Spoken Word Revolution
Randy Corradine, Michael Bethely,
and Jerod Grant
3:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215B
18
LECTURE/WORKSHOP
The Ethnicization of Immigrants: The
Experience of Ethiopians in the United
States
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
Sandy Williams
12 13
Sam Quinones
EWU Colloquium on Mexico:
Contemporary Challenges &
Popular Responses
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Showalter 109
Claudia Lennear
3:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
19 20
The Record Industry: Showbiz from the
50’s to the Present
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
Ariel McMillan
Hip Hop workshop
3:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
26 27
25
Keepers Of the Dream Award and
Recognition Ceremony
F S
5 6
Hip Hop & Black Studies
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
LECTURE/DISCUSSION
Race and Economic Equality after 1850:
Brazil and the United States in Contrast
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
4
White Terrorism on Black Wall Street
3:00 p.m. | Monroe 205
Black Student Union Presents:
21 22 23 Black Student Union Presents:
LECTURE/DISCUSSION
Dr. Justin Bucciferro
THURSDAY
CLOSING LECTURE
DISCUSSION
LECTURE/DISCUSSION
PRESIDENTS DAY
14 15 16
A Hidden Legacy of Racism: Sundown
Towns in 20th Century America
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
3
WORKSHOP/FILM
9
LECTURE/DISCUSSION
CHINESE NEW YEAR
7 8
Dr. Scott Finnie
CEREMONY
2
WEDNESDAY
LECTURE/WORKSHOP
TUESDAY
LECTURE/DISCUSSION
S M
1
Professor Angela Schwendiman, MA
and Dr. Jeanne Baynes, Ed.D
Open Discussion on Current Race
Related Issues in America
1:00 p.m. | Tawanka 215 ABC
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