February 4
Movie Night: Eyes on the Prize - Part 1
Eyes on the Prize is a 14-hour documentary series about the African-American Civil Rights Movement. The series was produced in two-stages: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1964 consists of the first six episodes covering the time period between the Brown v. Board decision to the March in Selma. It was broadcast in 1987 on PBS.
The series has been hailed as more than just a historical document. Clayborne Carson, a Stanford University history professor and editor of the published papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., remarked that "it is the principal film account of the most important American social justice movement of the 20th century" Because of its extensive use of primary sources and in-depth coverage of the material, it has been adopted as a key reference and record of the civil rights movement.
Location:Cottonwood Room
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
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February 11
Movie Night: Eyes on the Prize - Part 2
The remaining 8 episodes make up Eyes on the Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985 which was broadcast on PBS in 1990. The series uses archival footage to record the growth of the civil rights movement in the United States, with special focus on the ordinary people who affected the change. It was created and executive-produced by Henry Hampton at Blackside, Inc.
Location: Cottonwood Room
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
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February 16
The African American experience In America.
From the struggles of the civil rights movement to the injustices of the Jim Crow era, each moment in African American history has shaped the face of modern America. "We are made by history," Martin Luther King, Jr. once proclaimed. Black or white, Americans today can only agree.
Location: Frye Conference Suite
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
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February 17
Why we celebrate Black History month
February marks the beginning of Black History Month. It is an event celebrated annually in the U.S. and founded in 1926 by an African-American historian, Carter G. Woodson. He initially founded it as Negro History Week in order to honor two influential men - Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. It also was a marker for several historical events that happened in the month of February that impacted the lives of African-Americans such as the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States giving them the right to vote. By 1976, as the U.S. reached its bicentennial, it was expanded to a month.
Location: Niobrara Room
Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m.
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February 18
Taste of Cultural
The Multicultural Center student organizations will be hosting an all you can eat dinner. Students from several of our organizations will prepare traditional foods from their cultural. The cost to participant is $ 5.00. There will be special invited guest attending the taste of cultural Jay Foreman, Eliel Swinton and Chris Rizzo.
Location: Frye Conference Suite
Time: 6:00- 7:30 p.m.
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February 25
Rosewood
In 1923, a black town in Florida was burned to the ground, its people murdered because of a lie. Some escaped and survived because of the courage and compassion of a few extraordinary people. This film is for them.
Location: Cottonwood Room
Time: 6:00- 7:30 p.m.
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