Past Events




Brave Testimony featuring Kevin Young

Apr 2, 2015 at

 BRAVE TESTIMONY

celebrating poetry of the African Diaspora 

featuring

Kevin…



Book Talk: Sport Matters with Professor Shropshire Tues. March 3

Mar 3, 2015 at

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

5:30 p.m.

Professor Kenneth L. Shropshire

Sport Matters

 



Film Screening and Discussion: Through A Lens Darkly

Feb 9, 2015 at

Through A Lens DarklyBlack Photographers and the Emergence of a People

 A film screening and…



14th Annual MLK Lecture in Social Justice - Jan. 20, 2015

Jan 20, 2015 at

The 14th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice 

Featuring

Rosario Dawson, Actress, Activist and Humanitarian; Tiffany Persons, Director of…



Book Talk: American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction w/ Dr. Heather Williams

Dec 3, 2014 at

American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction

Dr. Heather Andrea Williams

Wednesday, December 3, 2014…



Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture - Nov. 20, 2014

Nov 20, 2014 at

The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture

Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.



Race, Ballots, and the Origins of Community Control

Nov 6, 2014 at

Lecture 

C.L. Harris, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for Africana Studies

Race, Ballots, and the Origins of Community Control: Machine Politics, Urban Progressivism…



Book Talk: Dr. Howard Stevenson - November 5

Nov 5, 2014 at

November 5                              

Book Talk

Promoting Racial…



Race, Science & Society: The Emperor's New Genes

Oct 29, 2014 at

Ruha Benjamin

Assistant Professor of African American Studies

Princeton University

The Emperor's New Genes: Mapping and Marketing Populations in a Global Context

Wednesday,…



Book Talk by Charles L. Howard, PhD

Oct 22, 2014 at

A Book Talk by

Reverend Charles L. Howard, PhD

University Chaplain

University of Pennsylvania

Black Theology As Mass Movement

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

5:30…