Past Events



Africa in Stereo - A Book Talk by Tsitsi Jaji

Mar 6, 2014 at

Africa in Stereo analyzes how Africans have engaged with African American music and its representations in the long twentieth century (1890-2011) to offer a new cultural history attesting to pan-Africanism's…



CANCELLED: The 13th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Lecture in Social Justice

Jan 22, 2014 at

CANCELLED: 13th Annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice scheduled for Wed. Jan. 22, 2014 has been cancelled due to weather conditions.

 

Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas and…



The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture featuring Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D.

Oct 28, 2013 at



Race and Sports featuring 1964 and 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist Wyomia Tyus

Apr 25, 2013 at

 

 

 

 



Brave Testimony Poetry Series featuring 2011 National Book Award winner Nikky Finney

Apr 18, 2013 at

 

 



Brave Testimony Poetry Series featuring 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith

Mar 20, 2013 at

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2013 Artist-in-Residence Amiri Baraka poetry and jazz reading - World Cafe Live

Mar 14, 2013 at

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The Politics of Black Women's Hair Symposium - Friday, March 1, 2013

Mar 1, 2013 at

 REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE TO THE POLITICS OF BLACK WOMEN'S HAIR SYMPOSIUM

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The Wonder Year - Film Screening and Lecture by 9th Wonder - Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013

Feb 21, 2013 at

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Book Talk: Dr. Eve Troutt Powell - Tues. Feb. 19, 2013 | Penn Bookstore | 5:30 PM

Feb 19, 2013 at