Observe, learn, discuss and celebrate Black History Month right here in Brooklyn at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights. Here's the schedule of free, public events.
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Delivers Black History Month Keynote Address
February 6, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 11:30 am Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Professor, Writer and Host of Our World with Black Enterprise will deliver the keynote address for Medgar Evers College's Black History Program.
Voting Rights and Voter Suppression in the Age of Obama:
February 7, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Faculty, lawyers, students and directors of the Center for Law and Social Justice and the DuBois Bunche Center will participate in a symposium: Voting Rights and Voter Suppression in the Age of Obama: Current Challenges, Historical Perspectives.
Symposium on Race, Law and Justice
February 13, 2013 -- February 14, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 8:30 AM
The Kings County District Attorney's Office Juvenile Crimes Bureau in collaboration with Medgar Evers College presents a "Symposium on Race, Law and Justice - - Strategies for closing the school-to-prison pipeline."
Voices from the Diaspora" Literary Salon
February 21, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 6:30 pm, the Center for Black Literature will host Voices from the Diaspora Literary Salon featuring Pamela Newkirk, author of Letters from Black America, author Christopher John Farley and poet khalil almustafa..
Voices from the Diaspora Literary Salon
February 21, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
As part of the John Oliver Killens Reading Series, CBL will host "Voices from the Diaspora," a literary salon. The salon will also serve as a kick-off event celebrating the Center for Black Literature's Tenth Anniversary. >>
The 150th Anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation: The Legacy of Black Civil War Soldiers
February 26, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 6:30 pm, Cheryl Wills, journalist, news anchor and author of Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale will present a lecture, The 150th Anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation: The Legacy of Black Civil War Soldiers >>
March 30, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 10 AM - 6 PM-National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium: A Tribute to the Life and Works of Toni Cade Bambara
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, will pay tribute to the legacy of Toni Cade Bambara, a writer, social activist, educator, feminist and filmmaker .
April 4, 2013 -- April 25, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM-Fiction Writing Workshop with Donna Hill
The Center for Black Literature is offering, for the first time, a Fiction Writing Workshop through the Adult & Continuing Education program (ACE). Get started by working with established, published author Donna Hill.
April 9, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM-Celebrating Poetry Month with Kadija Sesay
The Center is pleased to have Kadija (George) Sesay for Poetry Month. She is a literary activist, editor, and publisher of Sierra Leonean descent; she is also the founder and editor of Sable magazine
April 13, 2013 | Medgar Evers College 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM-Celebrating Poetry Month with Kadija Sesay-GYPSY & THE BULLY DOOR A Play by Nina Angela Mercer
GYPSY & THE BULLY DOOR is a story of race, class, sex, dreams, and the magic we conjure to make it in America and the world.
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