Don't miss these great events!
Black History Month February 2010
Weekly events sponsored by the African and African Diaspora Studies Program.
February 3, 2010
Up From the Bottoms, a film about Muskegon, Michigan.
Meeter Center Lecture Hall, 3:30 pm
This documentary explores the struggles of African Americans as they migrated from the old south to the prosperous north.
February 10, 2010
An afternoon of poetry and food with English Professor Linda Naranjo-Huebl.
Cave Cafe, 4:00 pm
February 17, 2010
Celebration of Benjamin Banneker, the first African American Scientist
Sciene Building Room 010, 7pm
A public celebration and naming of an asteroid after Benjamin Banneker--Astronomer, Surveyor, Mathematician, Farmer, and Almanac author. Prof. Larry Molnar, who discovered the asteroid and Prof. Eric Washington of the History Department will lead us in a discussion of the life and work of this great American inventor and scientist.
February 23, 2010
Forgotten Genius, the Percy Julian Story
Bytwerk Theatre, 7pm
A documentary look at the life and work of Percy Lavon Julian, renowned African American chemist and one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Adiscussion led by Prof. Mark Muyskens of the Chemistry Department will immediate follow the screening.
