Black History Month KickoffSIU Morris Library Guyon Auditorium and First Floor Rotunda5 pmGuest Speaker: Dr. Wesley McNeese, SIU System Executive Director for Diversity InitiativesMusical performance by Voices of Inspiration and Spoken Word by Simba, the poetHosted and sponsored by Black Resource Center and Black History Month Planning Committee

Film: MarshallSIU Student Center Auditorium7 pm and 9:30 pmStudents & kids 3 and under: FREE Faculty, staff, kids 4-10: $2 General public: $3Sponsored by Student Programming Council

Film Series: GlorySIU University Museum Auditorium Faner Hall6:30 pmPresented by Dr. Leonard Gadzekpo, Interim Chair/Associate Professor, SIU Department of Africana Studies

Annual Lunch with Black Graduate StudentsSIU Student Center Old Main RoomNoon to 2 pmSponsored by Black Affairs Council

Guest Speaker Former Black Panther and Author Reggie Brown: A View from the InsideSIU Morris Library Guyon Auditorium and First Floor Rotunda6 pmSponsored by the SIU Department of Mass Communication and Media Arts

Oratorical: Honoring Dick GregorySIU Student Center Old Main Room6 pmPresented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated

Screening and Discussion Independent Lens: Tell Them We Are Rising-The Story of Black Colleges and UniversitiesCarbondale Public Library2:30 pmPresented by WSIU, ITVS and the Carbondale Public Library

Guest Speaker Angelo R. Hightower: DrivenSIU Student Center Ohio Room6 pmSponsored by Black Resource Center

Black Student, Staff and Faculty Meet-n-GreetSIU Student Center Mississippi Room5 pmPresented by Black Staff and Faculty CouncilSponsored by Black Resource Center

American Masters: Maya AngelouWSIU-TV8 pm

Film Series: African and African American Soldiers in World WarSIU University Museum Auditorium Faner Hall6:30 pmPresented by Dr. Leonard Gadzekpo, Interim Chair/Associate Professor, SIU Department of Africana Studies

Annual Lunch with Black Graduate StudentsSIU Student Center Old Main RoomNoon to 2 pmSponsored by Black Affairs Council

Panel Discussion: African Americans in Times of WarSIU Student Center Illinois Room5 pmFacilitated by Paul Copeland, Coordinator, SIU Veterans ServicesSponsored by Black Resource Center

Black History Variety ShowSIU Davies Gym7 pmHosted by Matt Wilson, Senior, TV and Digital Media Radio

“Taste of Blackness”New Zion Missionary Baptist Church803 North Robert A. Stalls Avenue, CarbondaleNoon-2 pmCost $10

Gospel Music and CelebrationConcert: Featuring “The Spiritual Travelers”Liberty Theater in Murphysboro1333 Walnut St., Murphysboro3 pmHosted by Gen. John A. Logan Museum

“Afro-Slayage”A fashion show that celebrates Black fashion from royalty to today!SIU Student Center Ballroom D6 pmSponsored by National Association for Black Journalists

Tunnel of OppressionLower Level Grinnell Hall5 pm-8 pm Tours starting every 20 minutesSponsored by Black Togetherness Organization

Guest Speaker Dr. Adia Harvey-Wingfield: New Economy, New Inequalities: Race and Health Care Work in a Neoliberal EraSIU Parkinson 10811 amSponsored by Department of Sociology

Black Girls Rock!SIU Student Center Auditorium5:30 pmSponsored by Black Women’s Task Force

Art Exhibit: African Americans in Times of WarSIU Morris Library First Floor RotundaArtist-Lindsay Washington, Graduate Student, Department of Mass Communication and Media Arts

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AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TIMES OF WAR

BLACK HISTORY MONTHFEBRUARY 2018

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE

EVENTS ARE OPEN TO EVERYONEFOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Dr. Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu

Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call 618-453-5738 to request accommodations.

Poster design by Lindsay Washington, graduate student

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