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Black History M0nth
at Queens COllege
February 2008
1–29
7
Exhibit
Zora Neale Hurston
– Her life, work, and
more!
Rosenthal Library,
Barham Rotunda,
Level Three
Open during all Library hours
25
Acting White: Race
& Education
A Celebration
of Amiri
Baraka
Dining Hall, Patio Room
12:15–1:30 pm
Student Union,
4th Floor Ballroom
6–9 pm
Town Hall Meeting on black
student achievement and
constructions of race.
The life and works of Amiri
Baraka.
A book exhibit highlighting materials from the collections of the
Queens College Library focusing
on Hurston’s literary works, her
personal background, her anthropological and performance
careers, the
Harlem
Renaissance,
and other distinctive African-American
women writers.
Sponsored by the Black Student
Union
Sponsored by the
Rosenthal Library
Dr. Grace Davie from the Queens
College History Department will
compare and contrast the Black
Family composite from South
Africa to America.
Their Eyes Were
Watching God
Sponsored by the Women’s Studies
Program
CLIQ EVENT
A discussion of Zora Neale
Hurston’s famous novel.
4
Opening Celebration
Mixer
Dining Hall, QSide Lounge
12:15–1:30 pm
Opening reception to kick off
Black History Month.
Sponsored by the Student Life Office
A Celebration of
Langston Hughes
Dining Hall,
Patio Room
12:30–1:40 pm
The life and works of
Langston Hughes.
Sponsored by the Black
Student Union
6
Iconoclasts
Powdermaker Hall, Room TBA
12:15–1:30 pm
Viewing of a film in which Maya
Angelou and Dave Chapelle come
together to discuss their
passions and creative
processes to provide
viewers with an inside
glimpse into the inspiration and motivation that
made
these iconoclasts
who they are
today.
Sponsored by the
Anthropology Department
CLIQ EVENT
11
Lecture
Black Social Workers in
Apartheid South Africa
Rosenthal Library, 5th Floor,
Alexander Braginsky Conference Room (President’s
Conference Room #1)
12:15–2 pm
13
Sponsored by the Office of Minority
Affairs, the Political Science Club, the
Africana Studies Program, and the
CUNY Black Male Initiative
CLIQ EVENT
20
Spike Lee’s Do the
Right Thing
Their Eyes Were
Watching God
Dining Hall,
Patio Room
12:15–1:40 pm
Rosenthal Library,
Twomey Lounge, Level One
12:15–2 pm
Viewing of Spike Lee’s Oscarnominated film.
A discussion of Zora Neale
Hurston’s novel with Wayne
Moreland of the Queens College
English Department.
Sponsored by the Black Student
Union
Sponsored by the Rosenthal Library
CLIQ EVENT
Rosenthal Library,
Twomey Lounge, Level One
12:15–2 pm
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Sponsored by the Rosenthal Library
CLIQ EVENT
Performing Race
An opportunity for high school
students of Townsend Harris and
Queens College students, faculty,
and staff to find a creative way
(song, art, dance, and poetry)
to express what race and racial
identity mean to them.
Spike Lee’s
Jungle Fever
Student Union,
Room 301
12:15–1:40 pm
Viewing of
Spike Lee’s
critically acclaimed film.
Sponsored by
the Black
Student Union
Rosenthal Library,
Twomey Lounge, Level One
12:15–2 pm
A discussion of Hurston’s novel
with Dr. Shirley Carrie of the
Queens College English
Department.
Student Union, Room 304
12:15–1:30 pm
Sponsored by the Office of Minority
Affairs, Student Life Office, Africana
Studies Program, College Now, and
Townsend Harris High School
CLIQ EVENT
Their Eyes Were
Watching God
Sponsored by the Rosenthal Library
CLIQ EVENT
Black Is, Black Aint
Dining Hall, Patio Room
12:15–1:30 pm
Viewing of Marlon Riggs’ film,
Black Is, Black Aint.
Sponsored by the Africana
Studies Program, followed by
a student-led discussion
CLIQ EVENT
21
Spike Lee’s
School Daze
28
Dining Hall,
Patio Room
12:15–1:40 pm
Viewing of Spike Lee’s dramatic
musical.
Sponsored by the Black Student Union
Throwback to
the 80s Party
Student Union,
4th Floor Ballroom
7–10 pm
A celebration commemorating
Black History Month 2008.
Sponsored by the Black Student Union
Queens College
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