The Wayne State University department of Africana Studies under the leadersip of Dr. Melba Boyd will be hosting a number of exciting and informative events for Black History month, which will touch on relevent on going concerns pertaining to Black America, and the Black Diaspora historically, and at the present. The NBOBA supports all events hosted by the department of Africana Studies, and encourages all students to attend the events below. The NBOBA will also be hosting several events in February that will compliment the Africana Studies Department current programming. For more info contact the office of Africana Studies @313-577-2321 or the nboba inc @ nbobainc@hotmail.com
2006 Black History Month Calendar
Department of Africana Studies
February 8, 12:00 PM
Racial Politics and Commercial Labor: The West Indian Immigrant Worker Experience in Puerto Rico, 1800-1850
Prof. Jorge Chinea, Chicano Boricua Studies and the Department of History
Presentation and Book signing
Community Room, Third Floor, Adamany Undergraduate Library
Brown Bags welcome. Light Refreshments served.
February 8, 7:00 PM
“The Black Panther Party and Black Consciousness”
Prof. Charles Jones, Georgia State University
Author of The Black Panther Party Reconsidered
Ron Scott, Media Journalist, Host of “For My People,” former founding member of
the Detroit Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Bernath Auditorium, Law School Building
February 9, 10:00 AM
“Developments in Africana Studies”
Prof. Charles Jones, Georgia State University,
Vice President of the National Council for Black Studies
103 Old Main
February 15, 6:00 PM
“Socially Conscious Exhibit”
Prof. Charles Simmons, Eastern Michigan University
Exhibit in David Adamany Undergraduate Library Atrium
Prof. Charles Simmons and Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit Activist and Writer
Reception and Presentation: Community Room, Adamany Undergraduate Library
February 16, 10:30 AM
Prof. Charles Simmons, Eastern Michigan University
Bernath Auditorium, Adamany Undergraduate Library
February 22, 12:30
“Afro-Brazilian Politics: Challenges and Opportunities”
Prof. Ollie Johnson, Department of Africana Studies
2339 FAB
March 1, 7:00 PM
“Reading Black History /Women’s History”
Melba Joyce Boyd, author of The Province of Literary Cats
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, WSU
Opal Moore, author of Lot’s Daughter,Associate Professor, Spelman College
Leslie Reese, author of Urbanjunkstar, Columbia College of Art
Bernath Auditorium, Adamany Undergraduate Library
Co-sponsors: The Center for Chicano Boricua Studies, Department of English, Department of History, WSU Humanities Center
and Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers,
2 comments:
Black Panthers!?
There's a nice crew to associate yourselves with.
Don't you think your cards are showing just a bit??
I’m not surprised. The black panthers are certainly a part of history that should be remembered. While they provided some positive momentum they did it with less than optimal tactics. Being a WSU alumnus with close ties to the NBOBA I’d like to say they need to work on their image. During my tenure they alienated many of us by presenting themselves in the same “revolutionary” way the BPP did.
#take1stStep
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