III.In Brooklyn, Medgar Evers College Has Free Programs for Black History Month

The third week of the month-long Black History Month programs at Medgar Evers College delve into some tough and important topics. The week starts on Valentine's Day with some frothy, yet provocative film showings of "black love/black classics," and proceeds on through discussions of athletes in black history, medical apartheid, blacks in retail, blacks on Wall Street — and African dance. It's an eclectic, broad-minded menu of interesting programs. All free, open to the public, and during the week.

MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE CALENDAR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH EVENTS, FEBRUARY 6-10, 2012. OPEN TO PUBLIC AND FREE.

(Note: Taken from Medgar Evers press release; events subject to change.)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Media Center Films Events and Screenings
“Black Love/Black Classics” On-going Film Screenings:
Ongoing Media Room, B-2042A
Films: Carmen Jones; Developing Positive Self Images & Discipline in Black Children; Glory; A Raisin in the Sun; Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Lady Sings the Blues; Sankofa; For Colored Girls and Stormy Weather

Wednesday, February 15

Athletes & Sports Figures in Black History featuring Olympian John Carlos
11:30am-12:45pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
John Carlos, a 1968 US National Track & Field Team Olympian and bronze medalist, discusses the aftermath of his infamous black power salute on the victory stand as chronicled in his book, The John Carlos Story.

Media Center Films and Screenings
Spotlight Film Screening: John Singleton’s Rosewood, a film about racial violence and resistance in Florida
2:30pm-4:00pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
On-going Film Screenings: Roots: The Series 1 – 12. Media Room, B-2042A

Book Discussion: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans
4:00pm-5:00pm Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library
Written by Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid is a comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African-Americans.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Panel Discussion: Blacks in Retail: History & Opportunity
11:00am-12:15pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
Moderated by Professor Beatrice Brathwaite of the Mass Communications Department; this discussion will concern the role of the retail industry in the lives of Blacks in America.

Media Center Films and Screening
Spotlight Film Screening: Two Dollars and a Dream
2:30pm-4:00pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
“Blacks, Business, Building a Community” On-going Film Screenings: Roots: The Series 1 – 12
Ongoing Media Room, B-2042A
Films: African Americans Must Have Reparations; All American – Discrimination in Employment; Making a Case for Reparations to African Americans; Money Wise Investing: The Risk and Rewards; Black Hollywood; Credit Restoration; Prime Time Fighting Back Against Foreclosure; Entrepreneurship for the New Millennium; For Jobs and Freedom; The Two Nations of Black America and Problems of Buppies

Panel Discussion: Blacks on Wall Street & Madame CJ Walker
6:00pm-8:00pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
Presenters will discuss entrepreneurship and the experience of Blacks on Wall Street in the context of the past and present civil rights movement. It is sponsored by the School of Business.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Just For You, African Dance Group program
4:00pm-8:00pm Founders Auditorium
An African Dance Group program which will be presented by the School of Professional Community Development, Beacon Sites.

Media Center Films and Screening
Spotlight Film Screening: Brooklyn Film Maker
6:00pm-10:00pm AB1-EOJ Auditorium
“The American Slavery Experience” On-going Film Screenings
Ongoing Media Room, B-2042A
Films: Slavery and the Making of America; The Downward Spiral; Liberty in the Air; Seeds of Destructionand The Challenge of Freedom

Directions (from the college website)

Address: 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
Map : See a map of the campus: http://www.mec.cuny.edu/directions/
By car from Manhattan: Over Manhattan Bridge to Flatbush Avenue Extension (proceed straight off bridge); straight onto Flatbush Avenue to Grand Army Plaza; go 270 degrees around Grand Army Plaza onto Eastern Parkway; proceed approximately 1 mile to Bedford Avenue; right on Bedford Avenue.
By car from Queens: Grand Central to Jackie Robinson Parkway (formerly Interboro Parkway); JRP to Jamaica Avenue (becomes East New York Avenue); right onto Howard Avenue; left onto Eastern Parkway; proceed approximately 2 miles and then turn left onto Bedford.
By Subway to Carroll Street Building: IRT 7th Ave. Express No. 2 or 5 to President Street, or No. 3 to Nostrand Ave.
By Subway to Bedford Avenue Building: No. 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Franklin Avenue.
By Bus to Carroll Street Building: No. 44 to Nostrand Avenue and Carroll Street; or No. 49 to Rogers Avenue and Carroll Street; or No. 43 to Empire Blvd. and Nostrand Avenue.

Recorded travel directions are available by calling (718) 270-4900.