UD hosts range of Black History Month and Beyond 2015 activities

11:43 a.m., Feb. 13, 2015--The University of Delaware is hosting a wide range of Black American History Month and Beyond 2015 activities, including service projects, exhibitions and lectures.

Lectures will begin Thursday evening, Feb. 19, with MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry speaking on “Voice and Activism” in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant University Center as part of the Black History Month Extravaganza. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with Harris-Perry speaking at 7.

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William Jelani Cobb of the University of Connecticut will speak on “Struggles for Black Freedom in the 21st Century” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, also in the Multipurpose Rooms of the Trabant.

Geoffrey Canada, president and former CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, will deliver the annual Louis L. Redding Lecture at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, in Mitchell Hall.

Service and studies

The MLK Day of Service will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, with UD students participating in a day of service and reflection with projects in Wilmington, Newark, and Elkton, Maryland.

BLC Community Connection, providing and opportunity to meet representatives of the Black Leadership Council organizations, will be held at 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 6, at the Center for Black Culture.

Sit-In and Study is schedule Sunday, March 8, and also on April 12 and May 3. The program was created in honor of the Little Rock Nine to improve the academic performance of African American and Latino students.

Films

The film Anita Hill: Speaking Truth to Power will be shown at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 23, in the Trabant University Center Theatre, with Dear White People scheduled at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, also in the Trabant Theatre.

Exhibition

The University Museums’ Mechanical Hall Gallery will feature African American art through May 17 in the exhibition “Forget Me Not: Photography Between Poetry and Politics.”

Julie L. McGee, curator of African American art, will discuss the exhibition during a Perspective presentation at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the gallery.

In conjunction with the exhibition, artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris will present the annual Paul R. Jones Lecture at 7 p.m., Monday, March 2, in the Trabant Theatre.

For details, call the Center for Black Culture at 302-831-2991 or see the Black History Month and Beyond site.