Furman University Presents Black History Month 2017
Attend one of the many CLPs offered throughout the month of February to celebrate Black History Month and then visit the James B. Duke Library to check out books authored by the various speakers.
Feb. 7, Message in the Music:
The Role of Hip Hop Music in Social Movements, CLP
Featuring Dr. James B. Stewart
Trone Center, Watkins Room, 7 p.m.
Hosted by NAACP & Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives in Student Life (DIISL)
Dr. James B. Stewart is a Professor Emeritus at Penn State University. His works include:
- Flight in search of vision
- Introduction to African American studies : transdisciplinary approaches and implications
Feb. 10, Black Lives Matter and the Anthropology of Racism, CLP
Featuring Dr. Kwame Harrison
Johns Hall 101, 4:30 p.m.
Hosted by the Department of Anthropology
Dr. Kwame Harrison is the Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies at Virginia Tech. His works include:
Feb. 15, Gullah Geechee Connections, CLP
Featuring Gullah Culture Preservationist Ron Daise
Plyler Hall, Patrick Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.
Hosted by NAACP & DIISL
Gullah Culture Preservationist, Ronald Daise’s works include:
- Reminiscences of Sea Island heritage
- State of the heart : South Carolina writers on the places they love Volume 2
Feb. 21, Screening of Rosenwald, CLP
Q&A follows with Peter M. Ascoli
Younts Conference Center, 7 p.m.
Hosted by the Furman Departments of Education and History, and the
Greenville Jewish Federation
Peter M. Ascoli taught at Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago from 1995–2015. Prior to that, he taught at Utah State University and served as director of development for Chicago Opera Theater and Steppenwolf Theater Company. He is the grandson of Julius Rosenwald. His works include:
- Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South
- A force for change : African American art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund
Feb. 22, The Third Reconstruction, CLP
Featuring Rev. William Barber and Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Daniel Memorial Chapel, 7 p.m.
Hosted by Mere Christianity Forum & NAACP
Rev. William J. Barber II is a Protestant minister and political leader in North Carolina. His works include:
Rev. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is the Director of School for Conversion in Durham, North Carolina. His works include:
- Becoming the answer to our prayers : prayer for ordinary radicals
- Slow church : cultivating community in the patient way of Jesus
- The cost of community : Jesus, St. Francis and life in the kingdom
Feb. 24, Screening of Skin
Trone Center, Burgiss Theater, 6 p.m.
Hosted by Baba Africa
For more information, please contact Deborah Allen at 864-294-2076, or deborah.allen@furman.edu.
