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Celebrating Black History Month

by Staff , February 8, 2007

University of California, San Diego
Film: “Crash”
Film Festival: “Noir Film Festival: Spotlight on
Black Cinema”
Service Project: Students will help design and display the Black Military History display at the San Diego Veteran’s Museum
Concert: Hip-hop artist Redman
Concert: Hip-hop artists Aceyalone and RJD2
Tour: “Harlem of the West”

University of Mary Washington (Va.)
Discussion: “Talking Material Culture: Igbo and Akan Signs in Early Virginia”
Lecture: Jehmu Green, national director of Project Vote and former executive director of Rock the Vote
Lecture: “Race, Slavery, and the Cuban Wars of Independence” — Dr. Allyson Poska, professor in the history and American studies department
Film/Discussion: “Tupac: Resurrection” — A look at the life, vision and impact of hip-hop legend
Tupac Shakur
Lecture: “The Crisis in Darfur” — Mohamed Yahya, chairman of the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy, discusses the conflict in Darfur
Student Panel Discussion: “Affirmative Action: Mend it or End it?”

University of Minnesota
Lecture: “Truth Telling and the Need for Poetry: From the Harlem Renaissance to Hip-Hop” — Nikki Giovanni

University of Virginia
Lecture: Randal Pinkett, winner of NBC’s
“The Apprentice”

Winston-Salem State University (N.C.)
Performance: Soweto Street Beat — All-male dance troupe performs a combination of African contemporary, neo-African, modern African, Afro-fusion and new traditional dances
Lecture: “A Sista’s Point of View” — author, recording artist and activist Sista Soulja



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