{"id":6750,"date":"2018-01-30T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2018-02-01T11:10:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:10:15","slug":"saint-peters-university-celebrates-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/30\/saint-peters-university-celebrates-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University Celebrates Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University will celebrate Black History Month with a number of events and programs.<\/p>\n

February 1 <\/strong>
\nFlag Raising<\/strong><\/a>
\nFlagpole by Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University Pedestrian Bridge
\nNoon<\/p>\n

February 1<\/strong>
\nBlack Photo Exhibit Opening<\/strong><\/a>
\nGallery \u2013 Fifth Floor of the Mac Mahon Student Center
\n4:00 p.m.
\nExhibit runs until February 8.<\/em><\/p>\n

February 7 <\/strong>
\n\u201cWe Shall See in ’83: African Americans and the Transformation of Chicago, 1983-1987,\u201d presented by Dr. Dwayne Williams, professor of history at Georgetown University<\/strong>
\nMcIntyre Conference Center A
\nNoon
\nSponsored by Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; contact mmarcillo@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

February 7 <\/strong>
\nArt Show<\/strong>
\nMcIntyre Conference Center
\n6:30 p.m.
\nSponsored by Black Action Committee; contact: cledbetter15@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

February 15 <\/strong>
\n\u201cBlack Absorbs All Colors: The African American Melting Pot in the United States,\u201d presented by Fatima Shaik, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Media Culture<\/strong><\/a>
\nRoy Irving Theatre
\n11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

February 15 <\/strong>
\nMovement (open Mic)<\/strong>
\nPope Lecture Hall
\n7:00 p.m.
\nSponsored by the Black Action Committee; contact: cledbetter15@saintpeters.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

February 21 <\/strong>
\n\u201c#BeyondWoke: Meditations on Black History, Culture, and Consciousness,\u201d presented by John Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the history department<\/strong>
\nMcIntyre Conference Center
\n1:00 p.m.
\nFerguson. Baltimore. Flint. Charlottesville. In these and other cities there have been racial confrontations that have roused a generation of African Americans to call out racist acts and confront White Supremacy in its myriad forms. The sounding call is to Stay Woke. This talk and conversation will consider Woke as a paradigm of social awareness and its place in long arc of American political and cultural history.<\/em><\/p>\n

February 27\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cExclusive Immigration Policies,\u201d presented by Amir Billups \u201908, history teacher for Newark public schools<\/strong>
\nMac Mahon Student Center 5th Floor
\n11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

February 28<\/strong>
\nAn Evening with Dick Gregory; David Surrey, Ph.D., professor of sociology and urban studies and director of faculty development, presents clips and a recollection of when he drove with Dick Gregory and three other students from Defiance, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio in the middle of the night.<\/strong>
\nLocation TBD
\n7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

For more information on all Black History Month Events, please contact africanastudies@saintpeters.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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