Category: Events
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Women’s History Month: March 2019
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Read More: Women’s History Month: March 2019Celebrated in March to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 6th, Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. The 2019 Women’s History Month theme is “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence.” The theme honors “women who have led efforts to end…
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthIt was a busy month for us here in the English department. Because of that, we didn’t get to celebrate Black History Month as much as we would have liked. And now we find ourselves in the final hours of the month with a whole list of ideas for posts…
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Black History Month: Oscars 2019
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Read More: Black History Month: Oscars 2019There were a lot of firsts during last night’s Oscar ceremony, worth celebrating whether it’s Black History Month or not (but it just so happens to be). Regina King won her first Academy Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in If Beale Street Could Talk. Not only was it her first win, it…
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Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde
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Read More: Black History Month: Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison and Audre LordeToday in Black History Month, we have two very special birthdays to celebrate: Toni Morrison and Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde was a black writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, teacher, and civil rights activist, who described herself as a “lesbian, mother, warrior, poet.” Her poems and prose largely dealt with issues related to civil…
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Black History Month: Langston Hughes
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Read More: Black History Month: Langston HughesBorn in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes is known primarily for his jazz poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. Hughes worked to depict the actual lives of African Americans during the 1920s in the United States. “In Hughes’s own words, his poetry is about ‘workers, roustabouts, and singers, and job…
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Black History Month: Stacey Abrams
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Read More: Black History Month: Stacey AbramsA record 127 women are currently serving in Congress, including 47 women of color. There are now 102 women serving in the House — the largest number in U.S. history. Last night another historical moment occurred when Stacy Abrams became the first-ever African American woman to give the formal response…
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Black History Month: Camille Dungy
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Read More: Black History Month: Camille DungyLast year, during Black History Month, Camille Dungy helped us celebrate by sharing a reading list, Ten Essential Black Authors to Read During Black History Month— and Every Month. The year before that, we featured her during Women’s History Month. We’ve also featured her two years in a row during National Poetry…
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthBlack History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans, and is a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. In 2016, former President Barack Obama described it this way, “During National African American History Month, we…
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The Museum of Energy Transitions (Real and Speculative)
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Read More: The Museum of Energy Transitions (Real and Speculative)Professors Lynn Badia and Erika Osborne would like to invite you to the culminating exhibition for their course, LB383: “Cultural Extraction: Energy in the Humanities” which will take place in the Robert W. Hoffert Learning Center at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art. The opening reception for this exhibition will…