Black History Month - 2009
Downloadable Schedule
Events are sponsored by: African/African American Studies, EKU Chautauqua Series, EKU Libraries, English & Theatre Department, Department of Government, History Department, & Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
| Feb. 2 |
"The African-American Read-In"
Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Grand Reading Room, Crabbe Library
Speaker: Crystal Wilkinson (followed by book signing) |
| Feb. 4 |
"Celebration of the Kentucky African-American Encyclopedia"
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Walnut Hall, Keen Johnson Building
Speaker: EKU President, Dr. Doug Whitlock |
| Feb. 5 |
Chautauqua: "The Song Culture of the Civil Rights Movement"
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building
Presentation by: Bernice Johnson Reagon |
| Feb. 9 |
"I was There"
Reminiscences of the Civil Rights Movement
Time: 1:25 p.m.
Location: Walnut Hall, Keen Johnson Building
Panel Discussion: former civil rights activists and EKU Faculty Dr. Sherwood Thompson and Wardell Johnson |
| Feb. 11 |
"Dream Alive: Leadership and Service from the African-American Historical Perspective"
Given in Dedication to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building
Presented by: former Lt. Governor of Colorado, Joe Rogers |
| Feb. 17 |
"The Rise of Jim Crow"
1-hour documentary followed by audience/panel discussion
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Crabbe Library, Room 108 |
| Feb. 19 |
Chautauqua: "Race, Rap, and Reality"
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building
Presentation by: Rapper, Chuck D. |
| Feb. 24 |
"Abraham Lincoln and the African-American Experience"
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: O'Donnell Auditorium, Student Services Building
Presented by: Dr. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville |
| Feb. 25/26 |
Class Discussion of Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Time: Contact History Department for dates, times, and locations.
Discussion led by: HIS 203 instructors |
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