On February 10th, 2014 from 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm, “The Loving Story” will be shown in the Gallery in Special Collections at the Albin O. Kuhn Library.
On February 11th, 2014 at 4:30 pm, we will host a panel discussion with historian Dr. Claudrena N. Harold. Professor Harold is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Virginia. She recently co-directed a short film called “Sugarcoated Arsenic” with her colleague Professor Kevin Everson. The film is an “exploration of African American intellectual, social, and political life at the University of Virginia during the 1970s”. For more information about the film, visit http://history.virginia.edu/node/2956.
AFST will give one FREE orchestra ticket to an AFST major or minor who is interested in attending the Saturday, February 8, 2014, performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The ticket includes a pre-show reception at 6 pm sponsored by the Chapter of Black and Latino Alumni of UMBC. Show at 7:30 pm.
Questions? Call the Africana Studies Department at (410) 455-2158, or the Library at (410) 455-2346.
