UA Is Culture
African American Heritage Month 2010
As part of its yearlong celebration entitled UA Is Culture, The University of Alabama is pleased to present African American Heritage Month 2010. This 84th celebration of African American Heritage Month is a great opportunity for the entire UA community to appreciate the contributions of African Americans while also celebrating a theme of unity.
African American Heritage Month is celebrated each February to affirm, recognize, and appreciate the rich heritage, struggles, achievements, progress, and diversity of African American peoples. An African American scholar, Carter G. Woodson, created and promoted Negro History Week in February of 1926. He chose the week in February to correspond to the respective birthdays of Frederick Douglass, an ex-slave and slavery Abolitionist, and Abraham Lincoln, the signer of the document granting slaves freedom, the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1976, the year of our nation’s Bicentennial, the week-long celebration expanded to one month. Today, our annual observance provides an opportunity to highlight features of the rich African American experience. This year’s theme is The History of Black Economic Empowerment.
“During this special month, we reflect on the many ways African-Americans have shaped our nation’s history,” Hawk said.
“This theme allows us to recognize the breadth and diversity of contributions African-Americans have made to American society, and to realize that the UA campus community is making the history of tomorrow, today,” Hawk said.
Among the events is a public lecture by Theodore Rosengarten, author of All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw and Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter, Thursday, February 4. Rosengarten, along with Dr. Shirley Dean Ray, granddaughter of Ned Cobb (the Nate Shaw of All God’s Dangers) will speak.
NAACP Founders Day will be celebrated Feb. 12. Students can also attend the “Resources for Researching African-American Genealogy” lecture, hosted by the UA Black Faculty and Staff Association and the Gender and Race Studies Department on Saturday, February 13.
Dr. Samory T. Pruitt, vice president of Community Affairs, said the celebration brings an opportunity to pause from busy schedules and appreciate the exchange of ideas. “The conversations created by these programs invite us to experience the tender heart of intercultural deliberation and affirm our commitment to strong positive relationships among the cultural communities that grace our campus,” Pruitt said. “These creative events offer students, faculty, staff and friends of all cultures a chance to weave a fabric of deep community at the University of Alabama.”
All events are free and open to the public.
UA Is Culture
African American Heritage Month Events 2010
Motivational Programs
In area schools and the Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama
Throughout the month
Sponsored by: Black Student Union
Every Friday Morning
Brewer-Porch Children’s Center
Children’s Activities: storytelling, motivational speakers, classroom activities and more
Sponsored by: Brewer-Porch Children’s Center
Alabama African American History Quiz
Available at the Gorgas Library Circulation Desk
Sponsored by: University Libraries
African American Women Who Dared Campaign
Poster Campaign around UA Campus
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center and Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
What Makes You Beautiful Campaign Opening
4-6pm, Ferguson Center Gallery
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center and University Union
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
First Wednesday’s @ Crossroads
Kick-Off for African American Heritage Month
11:00am-1:00pm, Crossroads Lounge, 232 Ferguson Center
Sponsored by: Crossroads Community Center
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Brown Bag Luncheon with Kwame Jackson
Runner up from season one of The Apprentice
Former investor with Goldman Sachs, Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur
12 Noon, 305 Ferguson Center
Sponsored by: Black Faculty and Staff Association, The Career Center, Office of The Dean of Students and University Union
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Redundant Women: The Daughters of Ned Cobb
A Public Lecture by: Theodore Rosengarten, Author of All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw and Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter.
Also speaking: Dr. Shirley Dean Ray, Granddaughter of Ned Cobb (the “Nate Shaw” of All God’s Dangers)
4:30pm, 301 Ferguson Center
Sponsored by: Summersell Center for the Study of the South, Department of History and The University of Alabama Press
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Movie Screening – God Grew Tired of Us
7:00pm, Ferguson Theater
Sponsored by: University Union and University Programs
Monday, February 8, 2010
Book Discussion – God Grew Tired of Us – by John Dau
3:30pm, Ferguson Center Game Room
Sponsored by: University Union and University Programs
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Real Talk
Sharing Family Legacies
7:30pm, Highlands Community Center
Sponsored by: Crossroads Community Center, Blackburn Institute, Housing and Residential Communities and Sustained Dialogue
Friday, February 12, 2010
NAACP Founders Day Celebration
6:00pm, Ferguson Center Game Room
Sponsored by: UA Chapter of NAACP
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Resources for Researching African American Genealogy
Speaker – Frazine Taylor
10:00am – 12:00 noon, 110 AIME Center
Sponsored by: UA Black Faculty and Staff Association and the Gender and Race Studies Department
Monday, February 15, 2010
Film: Sisters of Selma, Bearing Witness to Change
8:00pm, Ferguson Theater
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Study Abroad Fair
10:00am – 3:00pm, Ferguson Center
Sponsored by: Capstone International Center
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Our Voice, Our Leadership, Our Mission: Reclaiming the Black Community
7:00pm, 311 the Rotunda @ Carmichael Hall
Sponsored by: African American Graduate Student Association
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Living the Dream: One Woman’s African American Heritage
Speaker: Angela Benjamin with panel discussion
11:30 am – 1:30 pm, 223 Little Hall
Sponsored by the School of Social Work
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Book Workshop – The Agitator’s Daughter
Speaker and Author, Dr. Sheryll Cashin
12:00pm, 360 Ferguson Forum
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center, Gender and Race Studies Department, Counseling Center, Alabama Panhellenic Association, Department of Journalism, Department of American Studies, Department of History, Department of Anthropology, New College and University Union
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
“Post Racism in America”
Speaker- Dr. Sheryll Cashin
3:00pm, 360 Ferguson Forum
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center, Gender and Race Studies Department, Counseling Center, Alabama Panhellenic Association, Department of Journalism, Department of American Studies, Department of History, Department of Anthropology, New College and University Union
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Every Woman’s Book Club
Reading: The Agitator’s Daughter by Dr. Sheryll Cashin
Noon, Cypress Inn
Sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center
Friday, February 19, 2010
Latino/African American Interaction
Latinos/Latinas in the U.S. South
University of Alabama Conference
9:00am-6:00pm, Capstone Hotel
Conference Registration is Free
Sponsored by The Department of American Studies and The Latino Studies Journal
Sunday, February 21, 2010
State of the Black Union
“Interracial Relationships and International Race Relations”
Speakers: Dr. Cècile Coquet-Mokoko and Dr. Aurèlien Mokoko Gampiot
4:00pm, South Atrium @ Ridgecrest Hall
Sponsored by: UA Chapter of NAACP and Black Student Union
Monday, February 22, 2010
National Read-In Day
6:00pm, Crossroads Lounge, 232 Ferguson Center
Open mic, the works of African American Women, bring yourself and your most cherished words
Sponsored by: Women’s Resource Center, Counseling Center, Crossroads Community Center, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, African American Graduate Student Association, Gender and Race Studies Department, Pi Beta Phi, Sustained Dialogue, Riptide, and School of Social Work
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Just Because You Are Wounded Doesn’t Keep You from Winning
Speaker: Dr. Lowell K. Davis, Assistant Dean of Students and Assistant to the Vice Provost
5:30-7:00 pm, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Lecture Halls 1-3
Sponsored by: UA Black Faculty and Staff Association
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Lecturer/Comedian – Preacher Moss
7:00pm, Ferguson Theater
Sponsored by: University Union and University Programs
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication and Information Symposium on Diversity
Sponsored by: The College of Communication and Information Sciences
All Events Are Free and Open to the Public
For Further Information Contact
Crossroads Community Center
The University of Alabama
www.crossroads.ua.edu
232 Ferguson Center
205-348-6930
Crossroads Community Center is an initiative of the UA Office of Community Affairs under the direction of Dr. Samory Pruitt. We provide campus leadership in the areas of cultural programming and intercultural education by facilitating relationship-building across cultures through innovative programs and initiatives. We facilitate multicultural dialogue and prepare students to participate in a global society. We host the conversations that build community.
Contact: Dr. Beverly Hawk, Director @ 205-348-6930 or beverly.hawk@ua.edu
Brice Miller, Assistant Director @ 205-348-8514 or brice.miller@ua.edu