February 6, 2014mcCrorey Hall, Room 2054 to 5:30 p.m.
FILM SCREENINGAND DISCUSSION
The Neo-African-Americans: How Rapid, Voluntary Immigrationfrom
Africa and the Caribbean isTransforming the
"African-American"Narrative
Follow up discussion led by members of the political Science
Association (pSA)
Kobina Aidoo, who filmed the one-hour documentary"The
Neo-African Americans," asked 13 people todescribe themselves and
got 13 different answers.Why is the name so important? Is it
because of thetension between the American-born blacks
whoseancestors were slaves, and the new immigrants whospeak English
with accents? In Aidoo's film, theparticipants describe the
relationship between theimmigrant and native-born groups.
http://neoafricanamericans.wordpress.com/
This program is presented by the political Science program
Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves
February 10, 2014mcCrorey Hall, Room 2084 to 5:30 p.m.
pANEL DISCUSSION
The politics of Business: How toprepare for the Corporate
World
Three members of the community will explore thepolitics of
creating and maintaining professionalnetworks as well as building
community businesses tointroduce students to the notion that
politics is foundin every aspect of our society. The three
invitedpanelists will give students insight into the businessworld
and how to be successful.
PaneLiSTS
mr. Rickey Hart: Vice president and Co-Founder, NDR Energy
Group
mr. Joe Drew-Hundley: Co-Founder and Senior Vice president of
the non-profit organization GivenGo
ms. pansy Steele: Director of Kiddie Academy of Arrowood and
JCSU alumna
This program is presented by the Political Science Program
Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves
February 13, 2014Grimes Lounge4 to 6 p.m.
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
African Americans and the Struggle for Human Rights in the 21st
Century
Dr. Keith Jennings, Regional Director of the National Democratic
Institute (NDI)
This University and community event will commemoratethe legacy
of the civil rights movement and thecontinued struggle to actualize
human rights anddemocracy in America.
Dr. Keith Jennings is a senior associate and theregional
director for Southern and East Africa for theNational Democratic
Institute (NDI). Over the past 15years, he has represented NDI in
30 countries,working on a range of governance, civil
society,political party and elections programs. He is ademocratic
development and human rights specialistas well as the author of
numerous popular andscholarly articles on a range of human rights
anddemocratic development subjects.
http://www.ndi.org/
This program is presented by the Political Science Program
Dr. Tonya m. Williams
Inaugural Robert F. Williams Lecture
Robert F. Williams was a civil rights activist andstudent at
Johnson C. Smith University. This lectureseries is devoted to
examining the social movementactivism of young people of color in
the South.
February 17, 2014Grimes Lounge4 to 6 p.m.
FILM SCREENING
AND LECTURE
“Negros with Guns: Robert Williams and Black power”The first
African American civil rights leader to advocate armed resistance
to racial oppression and violence, Robert F. Williams was born on
February26, 1925 in monroe, North Carolina. The fourth of five
children born to Emma Carter Williams and JohnWilliams, Williams
quickly learned to navigate thedangers of being black in the Deep
South. The Ku KluxKlan was a powerful and feared force in monroe,
and thecommunity where Williams grew up experienced
regularbrutalization at the hands of whites.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/negroeswithguns/rob.html
SPeaKer: Dr. Timothy Tyson, Visiting professor ofAmerican
Christianity and Southern Culture, DukeUniversity. Dr. Tyson is the
author of the definitive bookon the life of Robert F. Williams
entitled Radio Free Dixie:Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black
power.
This program is presented by the Political Science Program
Dr. Tonya m. Williams
DIGITAL
“NEw HUMANITIES”
CAMpUS AND
HBC-ME AwARENESS
media storytelling, rhetoric, politics and public
historyapproached as civic leadership in the community andusing
cultural immersion strategies to promote dialogueand the “new
humanities” multidisciplinary education.
The program serves as a legacy bridge between our richcommunity
of the past shaping the present, with diversecontributions from
average citizens to the diverse, globalcommunities of today.
This project is presented by the College of arts and Letters
Dr. Laurie porter
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