Black History Month Blog

VCU Health System will celebrate Black History Month
February 28, 2007, 11am to 2 pm
In the Kontos Medical Sciences Building
1217 Marshall Street.

This is a Lunch-time Black History Cultural Festival Featuring a lecture "The African Connections in VA" by Janine Bell

Other featured entertainment:
The Elegba Folklore Society - African dance performance
Plunky Oneness - musical performance.

There will also be a free tasting of African food and a "Market place" which will feature:
The Broom Lady Wedding and Event Planner
Crafts by Stephonia Owolabi
Gift items from The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

--Irene Lubker, Research Librarian and Interim Head of User Services - Tompkins McCaw Library for the Health Sciences.

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Above and Beyond: A Celebration of the Legacies of the Leonard Graduates
Monday, February 26, 2007
Tompkins-McCaw Library, Distance Education, Rm. 2-010
509 North 12th Street
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

This lecture chronicles the legacies of the graduates of the Leonard Medical School, a former department of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. In existence from 1882 -1918, this historically black medical school produced over four hundred graduates. Elvatrice Parker Belsches will discuss the major contributions of these graduates on the City of Richmond, the state of Virginia and various medical organizations. Parker Belsches, MA, RPh, is an archival researcher, author and pharmacist living in the Richmond area. Free and open to the public. For special accommodations contact user services at 804-828-2004.

Sponsored by VCU Libraries Friends of the Library.

--Donna Coghill, Director of Marketing and Public Relations - VCU Libraries

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Langston Hughes' Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz
Featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet & Dr. Diane Richardson (spoken-word artist)
Friday, February 23, 2007
8:00 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
922 Park Avenue
$5 general public; free with VCU student ID. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. For advance tickets, call: (804) 828-6776, Monday - Friday, Noon - 2 p.m. Co-sponsored by VCU Libraries, Music, Multicultural Affairs, Jazz Studies, English, Campus Activities Board, and African American Studies.

For more information about these events, or to request special accommodations, please call (804) 827-1165 or (804) 827-1163.

--Donna Coghill, Director of Marketing and Public Relations - VCU Libraries

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Langston Hughes & The Harlem Renaissance: A Discussion with Dr. Ron McCurdy & Dr. Diane Richardson
Thursday, February 22, 2007
7:00 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
922 Park Avenue
Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. Co-sponsored by VCU Libraries, Music, Multicultural Affairs, Jazz Studies, English, Campus Activities Board, and African American Studies.

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Don't miss out on this VCU Libraries Black History Month Event taking place today!

Film Screening: Partners of the Heart
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Tompkins-McCaw Library, LIMERC, Rm. 2-012
509 North 12th Street
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

PARTNERS OF THE HEART tells the story of Vivien Thomas, an African American determined to make something of himself during the time of segregation, and his relationship with Alfred Blalock, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thomas, initially hired as a janitor, was soon promoted by Blalock to learn the complexities of surgery, eventually becoming a trainer of novice surgeons and a major force in the advancement of African Americans in medicine.

Free and open to the public. For special accommodations contact user services at 804-828-2004.

--Donna Coghill, Director of Marketing and Public Relations - VCU Libraries

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VCU Libraries, Friends of the Library, Black History Month 2007 Events:

We hope to see you at these exciting events!

An Evening with Elaine Brown
Friday, February 9, 2007
6:00 p.m.
VCU University Student Commons, Commons Theater, 907 Floyd Avenue
Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. Sponsored by: the Activities Programming Board - Uncommon Extras & Uncommon Ideas, the Black Caucus, the Honors College, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, USC&A - Programs Office, VCU Libraries, and the Women's Studies Program

Selden Richardson -
"Built By Blacks: African American Architecture & Neighborhoods in Richmond, VA"
Reading and Book Signing
Wednesday, February 7, 2006
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
Free and open to the public. Bring your own bagged lunch, beverages will be provided. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

--Donna Coghill, Director, Marketing & Public Relations - VCU Libraries

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There's a lot to do at VCU and around Richmond to celebrate Black History Month, so mark your calendars now to make sure you don't miss a thing.

Not only is VCU Libraries sponsoring a number of Black History Month Events, but we've also put together some terrific resources, exhibits, and multimedia projects for you to enjoy. You can find out more about them on our Web site, VCU Libraries Celebrates Black History Month.

Members of the VCU community also have a number of activities planned. For example, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) is kicking off the month with a poster celebration on Monday, Feb. 5th in the Student Commons. You can learn more about this and other events by viewing the VCU Calendar of Events or OMSA's Calendar of Events.

If you'd like to explore activities in the Richmond area, the following Web sites contain event information:

• Chesterfield Connections: Chesterfield County 17th Annual Black History Month
• Children's Museum of Richmond: Special Events
• Henrico County: Black History Month Celebration
• University of Richmond: Black History Month 2007
• Virginia is for Lovers: Black History Month Events
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: VMFA Celebrates Black History Month

Please feel free to remark on any of these events or submit your own by adding a comment to this post.

--Jill Stover, Undergraduate Services Librarian - Cabell Library

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The first day of Black History Month also marks the 105th birthday of acclaimed Harlem Renaissance playwright, poet and social critic Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967). Hughes' work -- especially his memorable poems "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Night Funeral in Harlem," and the clarion call "A Dream Deferred" -- has influenced countless artists and writers. Hughes' interest in, and influence on, jazz has also inspired countless musicians, and this year VCU Libraries joins with the VCU School of Music to present "Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz," by The Langston Hughes Project, a concert by noted jazz composer and educator Dr. Ronald McCurdy. The concert -- on Friday, February 23, 2007 at 8 p.m. in the W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts -- features a multimedia celebration of Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance Era, including a spoken-word performance by Dr. Diane Richardson of selected poems by Hughes. The concert will be preceded by the VCU Libraries Black History Month lecture about The Langston Hughes Project by Dr. McCurdy and Dr. Richardson, on Thursday, February 22 at 7 p.m. in the Singleton Center.

For more information about this exciting event, visit The Langston Hughes Project at http://www.vcujazz.org/community/hughes/index.htm

For more information about Hughes and his contributions to American literature, visit The Academy of American Poets webpage at http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83

For more information about a journey Hughes made to Richmond in the 1920s, visit the online exhibit in the Special Collections Department at James Branch Cabell Library -- "Something Very Real": Langston Hughes and Richmond, Virgina, at http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/stagg/

--Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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VCU Libraries & School of Mass Communications Lecture
Tony Brown
"Empower the People"
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
7:30 p.m.
VCU Student Commons Richmond Salons, 2nd Floor, 907 Floyd Ave.

The VCU Libraries, the Friends of the Library, and the School of Mass Communications invite you to attend Tony Brown's lecture in celebration of Black History Month. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street Parking Deck and the West Cary Street Parking Deck. If special accommodations are needed, contact Kimberly Separ or Antonia FD Vassar at (804) 828-1105 prior to Feb. 24, 2006.

--Kimberly Separ, Director of Development and Community Relations - Library Administration

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• VCU Libraries Lecture
• Julian Houston
• Readings and a discussion of his novel, New Boy
• Sunday, February 19, 2006
• 7:30 pm
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
• 922 Park Avenue

The VCU Friends of the Library and the VCU Libraries invite you to attend their 4th annual Black History Month lecture. Julian Houston will be reading from and discussing his novel, New Boy, on Sunday, February 19, 2006, beginning at 7:30 pm in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, 922 Park Avenue. This event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. Parking is available for a fee at the West Main and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please contact Kimberly Separ or Antonia FD Vassar at (804) 828-1105 prior to Thursday, February 16, 2006.

Julian Houston was born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated in the public schools of that city before attending the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He attended Boston University and was a community organizer in Harlem during the civil rights movement. He is now an associate justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. Judge Houston has initiated a number of programs that build and strengthen relationships between communities, including Roxbury Youthworks, a development program for inner-city youth, and Long Road to Justice: The African American Experience in the Massachusetts Courts, a multimedia exhibit.

--Kimberly Separ, Director of Development and Community Relations - Library Administration

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The VMFA presents the following events in celebration of Black History Month:

Wednesday, February 15 at 7pm in the VMFA Marble Hall
"Darkroom: A Study of South African Photography and New Media 1950-Present."
Lecture by Tosha Grantham, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary art;
co-sponsored by the Friends of African & African-American Art.
Tickets are $5
$3 for VMFA members and students
Free for FOAAA members

Wednesday, February 22 at 11:30am and at 3:30pm
Black History Month Gallery Getaway
Featuring a3 blackface #5 by Iona Rozeal Brown
The event is free and open to the public

February 22, at 6pm at the VMFA Pauley Center
Poetic Principles series features Natasha Trethewey, winner of the 1999 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.
This award is granted annually for the best first collections of poems by an African-American poet. Trethewey is also a recipient of a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship and many other awards.
Co-sponsored by the New Virginia Review.
Tickets are $6
$3 for VMFA members and students

Contact 804-340-1405 to purchase tickets in advance.
More information is available by calling 804-340-1400 or
by visiting http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/black_history2006.html

--Yuki Dixon, Collection Librarian for the Arts - Collection Management

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World War II heroes and civil rights pioneers from the famed Tuskegee Airmen will speak at Virginia Commonwealth University on Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 5:30PM at the VCU Student Commons Richmond Salon.

At a time when many people thought that black men lacked intelligence, skill, courage and patriotism, these dedicated young men overcame tremendous obstacles of racism and discrimination to serve their country and become America's first black military airmen.

From 1942 through 1946, 994 pilots graduated at Tuskegee Army Air Field. Many others were trained in operations, meteorology, intelligence, engineering, medicine, ground support, or any one of the other skills necessary to fully function as an Army Air Corps flying squadron or ground support unit.

The black airmen proudly displayed skill and determination while suppressing internal rage from humiliation and indignation caused by frequent experiences of racism and bigotry, at home and overseas. These airmen fought two wars - one against a military force overseas and the other against racism at home and abroad.

Their superior performance led President Harry Truman to enact an executive order directing equality of treatment and opportunity in all of the United States Armed Forces. This order, in time, led to the end of racial segregation in the military forces, and was the first step toward racial integration in the United States. The positive experience, the outstanding record of accomplishment and the superb behavior of black airmen during World War II, and after, were important factors in the initiation of the historic social change to achieve racial equality in America.

This event is hosted by the African American Graduate Association (AAGA) at VCU in recognition of Black History month. The AAGA was established in 2002 to promote fellowship, scholarship, and professional development for African-American graduate students attending Virginia Commonwealth University. The organization strives to enhance the pursuit of academic excellence throughout the VCU community. The AAGA’s purpose is to provide a support network for African-American undergraduate and graduate students and to promote cultural enrichment at VCU and the community at large. Additional information about this event and the AAGA can be found at www.studentorg.vcu.edu/aagavcu.

For more information contact:
Gary D. Futrell
AAGA President
African American Graduate Association
907 Floyd Avenue
P.O. Box 842032
Richmond, VA 23284
PHONE: 804-647-5860
EMAIL: aagapresident@yahoo.com

--Submitted by the African American Graduate Association

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The following is a reminder that the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences and The School of Mass Communications are presenting "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Role of the Press in the Civil Rights Movement� by Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker today at 11:00 a.m. in the Student Commons, Second Floor, Commonwealth Ballrooms (free and open to the public). For more details, please see our previous post.

--Jill Stover, Undergraduate Services Librarian - Research and Reference Services

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The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs is offering a broad array of events in honor of Black History Month. Their Black History Month 2006 Calendar is full of events such as discussion groups, lectures, film viewings, book clubs, and more. You can also download your own copy of the calendar to keep up with all the activities!

--Jill Stover, Undergraduate Services Librarian - Research and Reference Services

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The recent films "Get Rich or Die Trying" and "Fade to Black" will be shown tonight in the Commons Theater at the University Student Commons starting at 7 p.m. Both films star influential hip-hop musicians: "Get Rich" features Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who portrays a former member of the drug scene who fulfills his dream to become a rap artist; the concert film "Fade to Black" features rapper Jay-Z and chronicles his influential recording, "The Black Album."

Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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Two important films -- one based on the life of a groundbreaking film actress, and the other an influential adaptation of a classic opera that featured her -- will be shown tonight in the Commons Theater at the University Student Commons starting at 7 pm. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) stars Halle Berry as the tragic Dandridge, whose talent and glamour was evident throughout her work and especially in the groundbreaking Carmen Jones (1954), one of the first all-black mainstream films to gain critical acclaim. Dandrige's career was beset by the racisim of her day and ultimately defeated by a studio system that could not find acceptable vehicles for black artists.

Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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Today is the 104th anniversary of the birth of Harlem Renaissance poet, music critic, playwright and commentator on social issues, Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967). Hughes' work has influenced countless artists and writers, and his most memorable poems include "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Night Funeral in Harlem," and the clarion call, "A Dream Deferred."

For more information about Hughes and his contributions to American poetry, visit The Academy of American Poets webpage at http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83.

Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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The Department of African American Studies announces a lecture and book signing tonight, Feb. 1, from 6 - 8 pm in the James River Terrace on the second floor of the University Student Commons.

Authors Faye Z. Belgrave and Kevin W. Allison will speak about their new book, African American Psychology: From Africa to America. For more information about this event, please call 828.1384 or see this poster with event details (PDF).

--Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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The L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs announces a seminar to be held this Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 7:00pm in the VCU Student Commons: Whispers from the Dust: The Freedmen Records and African American Family History

After 140 years of languishing in the archives of the National Archives & Records Administration, the historically significant Freedmen records are finally becoming available for African American family history research. A special seminar will be offered to the community detailing developments about the Freedmen records and their application to African American Family.

--Kevin Farley, Humanities Librarian - Collection Management

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VCU College of Humanities and Sciences and The School of Mass Communications present "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Role of the Press in the Civil Rights Movement� by Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker. Thursday February 9, 2006, 11:00 a.m., Student Commons, Second Floor, Commonwealth Ballrooms (free and open to the public).

Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker's work in civil and human rights brought him to the attention of a seminary friend, Martin Luther King, Jr. King installed Walker in Atlanta as the first full-time Executive Director of the fledgling SCLC in 1960. Under Walker's administration, SCLC grew into a national power in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Dr. Walker enjoys a well established record as pastor/theologian, civil rights leader, and cultural historian. He is a double graduate of Virginia Union University (VUU Undergraduate Studies class of '50 and The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, '53), and holds a doctorate from Rochester Theological Center. His graduate studies and research have taken him to the University of Ife in Nigeria and the University of Ghana. An exhibiting artist as well as a composer of sacred music, Jesse Jackson has called him "Harlem's Renaissance Man" because of his multiple gifts and varied careers.

Dr. Walker is regarded internationally as a human rights activist, recognized as the first African-American to meet with Chairman Yasir Arafat since the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip and Jericho, and known as a church historian and prolific author, having preached on every continent with the exception of Australia. He is considered the nation's leading authority on the music of the African-American Church. His experience in government includes ten years as Urban Affairs Specialist to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, serving as a troubleshooter, quieting racial tensions that accompanied school desegregation and labor disputes.

Dr. Walker’s visit is one of several events celebrating Black History Month at VCU and is offered in conjunction with the course MASC/AFAM 474-"Minorities and the Mass Media" and the Association of Black Communicators.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Clarence W. Thomas at (804) 827-3772.

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Richmond's Living Word Stage company will be performing Two Trains Running by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson on Friday, February 25th and Monday, February 28th at 8:00 at Richmond's Empire Theatre. 50% of all proceeds from these performances will go to the Richmond Black History Museum and Cultural Center. Tickets for this event are $18.

The Black History Museum has recently announced drastic cuts in hours and services due to state funding shortfalls. In addition to buying tickets for themselves, people may purchase tickets which the Museum will arrange to go to members of the community who would not normally be able to attend. Please contact Mary Lauderdale at 780-9093 for more information.

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The VCU Black Awakening Choir will be performing this Friday Feb. 25th at St Peter Baptist Church at their Annual Black History & Cultural Festival, located at 2040 MOUNTAIN RD, GLEN ALLEN. The event starts at 6:30 and will feature the Black Awakening Choir in concert, two other choirs, two dance ministries and also a play. We invite all to come out and see the choir!

For more information, feel free to contact me, Jamaal Howard Business Manager for VCU's Black Awakening Choir.

--Jamaal Howard, Business Manager, VCU Black Awakening Choir.

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WHAT: The Pilgrimmage of Malcolm X
WHEN: Weds Feb 23rd @ 7pm
WHERE: Commonwealth Ballroom A, VCU Student Commons

The Muslim Students' Association Proudly Presents its Black History Month Event
for 2005: THE PILGRIMMAGE OF MALCOLM X

Program highlights include-

- Guest Speaker: Jihad Abdul-Mumit
Civil Rights Activist & Former Black Panther

- A Portion of a DVD Documentary featuring Zaid
Shakir and Hamza Yusuf: for more info visit
(http://onlineislamicstore.com/a3925.html)

- A Panel of Muslims recently returned from
the Hajj (Pilgrimmage)

--Ali M Faruk, President, Muslim Students' Association, VCU.

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The Association of Muslim Women in America at VCU (AMWA at VCU) is sponsoring two exciting activities in recognition of Black History month.

The first event is "Reflections of Hajj: An African-American Muslim Experience", which will take place from 5 - 6:30p.m. Saturday, February 19th. Guest speaker Hajjah Inas Abdul Sabur, a second-generation African-American Muslim, will be presenting.

The second event is two films on "The Legacy of Malcolm X, His Story, As it Really Happened", with guest speaker Benjamin Kareem (portrayed as "Bro. Benjamin" in the Spike Lee film "X"). This event will be held on Friday, February 25th from 7 - 9:30p.m.

Both events will be held in Richmond Salon III in the Commons. Don't miss them!

For more information about these events or about the AMWA at VCU, please contact B. Aqila Mujahid.

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The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the Treasure House lecture series will take place at noon on Wednesday, 16 February, 2005 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby in the Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. Douglas Sanford, director of the Center for Historic Preservation at the University of Mary Washington, will discuss the valuable evidence on aspects of slave housing to be found in the fire insurance policies of the Mutual Assurance Society. Sanford will explain the value of this evidence in the light of ongoing efforts by archaeologists to compile standardized databases of data related to the material and social outcomes of slavery in the Chesapeake region.

There is free underground parking for Library patrons, but please note that space is limited. For more information on this and other progams and services of the Library of Virginia please visit the Library's web site at http://lva.lib.va.us or call at 804-692-3592.

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VCU Libraries invites you to attend its Third Annual Black History Month Lecture sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library. The lecture is entitled, "And still I sing: African-American women in three musical traditions" presented by Christopher Brooks".

The lecture begins at 7:30pm in the VCU Student Commons Ballrooms, 2nd Floor. This event is free and open to the public. Please contact Kimberly Separ at 804-827-1163 or send an e-mail if special accommodations are needed.

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Fiction and non-fiction author Marita Golden will be speaking on the
"Color Complex" from 7-9pm on February 10th in the Commonwealth Ballrooms A & B. Her 2004 book Don't Play in the Sun : One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex is an account of the author's experiences growing up and living in America as " a dark-skinned black woman".

The book delves into the controversial subject of colorism, opening a public debate on whether there is a different level of discrimination between lighter and darker skinned African-Americans and whether that discrimination even exists within the African-American community. This event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the English Department.

For more information on Marita Golden, her books, workshops and the Foundation she founded to support Black writers, visit www.maritagolden.com.

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The remaining two Reid lectures scheduled for February 15th and 17th have been moved to March 1st and 3rd. The 9:30am to 10:45am time remains the same. For more information, please contact the School of Mass Communications or visit their web site.

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Visiting professor Tim Reid, an emmy-nominated actor, director, producer, and founder and president of New Millennium Studios, will be hosting a series of lectures on the topic of blacks in film and television. Reid will be delivering these lectures for a new course being taught by Dr. Clarence Thomas of the School of Mass Communications, called "Minorities and Mass Media." The course will cover such topics as minority representation and stereotypes and minorities' contributions in the field of mass media.

Reid's lectures will be held in the VCU Student Commons on Feb. 1, 3, 15 and 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. For more information, see the VCU News page.

Look for a post later this month about how VCU Libraries is supporting Dr. Thomas' fascinating new course!

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Mark your calendars now for the many campus events taking place in honor of Black History Month! The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs has posted a Black History Month Calendar that lists many of the happenings taking place this month here at VCU. Please consider attending some of these worthwhile events!

Some events taking place soon include:

• February 3, 2005 The Terry Jurphy Jazz Trio will be performing from 12-1 at the VCU Medical Center- Gateway 1.
• February 3, 2005
  The Office of Community Programs is sponsoring "Perspectives on Community, Richmond and Leadership", a conversation with Richmond attorney and President of the American Bar Association Robert Grey on his perspectives of Richmond Leadership from 7-9pm in the Singleton Performing Arts Center.
• February 3, 2005
  VCU's School of World Studies is sponsoring "Lost Voices of Afro-Celts: Africans and Scottish Highlanders in the old American South" with singer, artist and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens and author/lecturer Dr. Michael Newton from 7-9pm in the Grace Street Theatre.

Of special note, the VCU Friends of the Library are sponsoring the 3rd annual Black History Month Lecture on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. This year's lecture is called, "And I Still Sing: African-American Women in Three Musical Traditions," presented by Christopher Brooks. The lecture will take place in the VCU Commons Ballrooms, 2nd floor. This event is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!

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