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April 5 , 2007
On Thursday April 5, 2007, the Department of African-American and African Studies will co-sponsor a program entitled, “The African-American Community, the Black Church and the Urban Mosque in the History of Newark, NJ" with the History Department at Essex County College. The speakers will be Mr. Imam Wahy Deen Shareef, Senior Advisor to Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Resident Imam of Masjid Warithideen in Irvington; Professor Clement Price who has published on the African-American community in Newark; Dr. Ned Wilson who published an article on Storefront Churches in Newark after the riots/rebellion; Reverend Dr. George Blackwell III William Howard, pastor of the historic Good Neighbor Baptist Church in Newark and Mr. Michael Nash, who will serve as moderator.
This event will be held from 12:00 to 3:00 in Siegler Hall, Essex County College,
303 University Ave., Newark, NJ 07102.
December 7 , 2006
The Department of African-American and African Studies is hosting a discussion with Ed Blunt on Thursday, December 7, 2006 from 10:00 to 11:20 a.m. in the Dana Room, located on the fourth floor of Dana Library.
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Mr. Blunt is an accomplished actor who has been featured in film, television and on the Broadway stage. His most recent work includes a role in Spike Lee's drama Inside Man and the Broadway production of Julius Caesar featuring Denzel Washington. His film and television credits include Spike Lee's Bamboozled, The Interpreter with Sean Penn, The Exonerated, Law & Order, Third Watch and The Jury. His on-stage appearances include Six Degrees of Separation, TopDog Underdog and Gem of the Ocean. He graduated with honors from Morehouse College and received his training as an actor from the St. Petersburg Drama Academy in Russia and the prestigious Yale School of Drama. |
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Discussion questions will include: What is the artist’s responsibility to his/her cultural community, to
society, and to him/herself?
? Do artists of color have a special/distinct responsibility that mainstream
actors do not bear?
? Are contemporary portrayals more complex and multi-dimensional or do
stereotypes prevail?
? Who is responsible for the images we see of African Americans in film/
television?
? What is the role of the audience in determining the images available to us?
november 28, 2006
Dr. Samira Haj, Associate Professor of History at the College of Staten Island - CUNY and the Graduate Center - CUNY and author of The Making of Iraq, 1900-1963: Capital, Power and Ideology, will be visiting Rutgers-Newark to discuss Islam, Tradition and Modernism on Tuesday, November 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Dana Room, located on the fourth floor of Dana Library. Light refreshments will be provided.
This presentation is sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, the Department of Philosophy, and the Women's Studies Program with support from the Horn of Africa Journal.
The Department of African-American and African Studies congratulates the 2006 senior class. The Department would especially like to acknowledge, Mr. Nnamdi Keith Jones and Ms. Nicole Scott-Harris, co-recipients of our Wendell A. Jean-Pierre Award as the graduating seniors who best exemplifies the Department's mission to combine scholastic excellence with service to the field and to the community.
Pictured from left to right: Nicole Scott-Harris, Wendell Holbrook, Nnamdi Jones
Senior Awards Ceremony, May 16, 2006
Voting rights issues for the African–American Community, people of color and the poor
MAY 1, 2006
Debo Adegbile and Ryan Haygood, civil rights attorneys with
the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., ("LDF") will speak and entertain questions on the topic of
Felon Disenfranchisement and Reauthorization of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965. This criminal justice issue is one of the
most pressing concerns in the African-American community,
among people of color more broadly, and among the poor.
This presentation, sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, will be held on Monday, May 1st in the Dana Room, 4th floor of Dana Library from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Professor Dorothy V. Smith, a historian from Dillard University, and currently
a Visiting Senior Research Scholar in African-American Studies, at Princeton University will discuss the impact and consequences of the recent storm disaster in New Orleans. Her publications are in the area of the history of African-American journalism. Undergraduate Students Ayo Peterson, Crystal Spellman, and Ronald Sloan will join Professor Wendell Holbrook, Department Chair on a panel that will engage Professor Smith in a discussion of the recent developments and prospects for change in New Orleans.
This presentation, sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, will be held on Thursday, December 1st in the Dean's Lounge, 1st floor of Ackerson Hall (180 University Avenue), from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
Congratulations to Kristina Eugene, Regina Fitch and Khalil Muhammad, graduating seniors of the class of 2005 in African-American and African Studies and recipients of this year's Departmental Awards. Ms. Eugene was awarded the Wendell A. Jean-Pierre Award as the graduating senior who best exemplifies the Department's mission to combine scholastic excellence with service to the field and to the community. Ms. Fitch and Mr. Muhammad were the recepients of a Merit Award in recognition of their high achievement and committment to the Department's mission to combine scholastic excellence with service to the field and the community.
April 27, 2005
In the sixtieth anniversary year of the end of World War II, join Christopher Paul Moore, research coordinator for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and author of Fighting For America: Black Soldiers - the Unsung Heroes of World War II, for a discussion of the critical role black soldiers played on all fronts across the world from the first day of America's involvement in the war. The son of two proud World War II veterans, Moore will present never-before-published material on individual soldiers and black platoons.
This presentation, sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies, will be held on Wednesday, April 27th in the Dean's Lounge of Ackerson Hall (180 University Avenue), from 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. The Future of urban literature
April 22, 2005
On April 8, 1980 noted scholars, authors, activists, poets, corporations, and the Rutgers community partnered to discuss the impact of literature and the Urban Experience. Some of the featured speakers included great literary icons such as James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates and Amiri Baraka. The conference served as a catalyst for providing an avenue to address the issue of Black literature and expression and inclusion in the American literary canon. In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of this significant event, we bring to you a panel discussion, "The Future of Urban Literature", on Friday, April 22, 2005 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Paul Robeson Campus Center. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Clement Alexander Price; and panelists will include Ras Baraka, Grace Edwards, Barbara Foley, Louis Reyes Rivera, and Junius Williams.
Please RSVP to 973.353.5300, Ms. Nelitha Michael (Office of Student Activities); nmichael@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
March 5, 2005
Rutgers University-Newark Campus presents “Zora Neale Hurston: Front Porch Lies, Contemporary Truths” on Saturday, March 5, 2005 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Paul Robeson Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 350 Dr. King Blvd .
The panel discussion is an open-to-the-public conversation about issues and themes in Hurston's body of work that continue to influence, impact and even aggravate our 21 st century lives. Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was a novelist, folklorist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and anthropologist during the glory days of The Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). Hurston, who wrote Dust Tracks on the Road, Of Mules and Men, Their Eyes Were Watching God and other titles, died penniless and was buried in a pauper's grave in Florida. In 1973, novelist Alice Walker ( Meridian and The Color Purple ) put a headstone on the burial site with the words inscribed “Genius of the South,” and reintroduced Hurston to the world.
Books written by the panelists and light refreshments will be available. Distinguished panelists include:
- Valerie Boyd is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Georgia, and author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Wrapped in Rainbows received the American Library Association Notable Book Award (2004) and the Southern Book Award (2003).
- Dr. Rashidah Ismaili AbuBakr is a Harlem Renaissance Scholar who has taught Black Psychology and courses on Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston at Rutgers-Newark. She is a leader of The Literary Salon Movement in Harlem, and author of many books including a poetry tribute to essayist James Baldwin titled Cantata For Jimmy
- Dr. Cheryl Wall is Professor of English at Rutgers University-New Brunswick Campus and author of Women in the Harlem Renaissance. She teaches Black Women Writers, African American Essay and Black Narrative. Her primary fields of research are Black Women's Writing, Harlem Renaissance, and Zora Neale Hurston.
For further information contact Conference Convener, Prof. Sandra L. West at 973-353-5300.
December 7 , 2004
Dr. Carolyn Moxley Rouse, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and author of Engaged Surrender: African American Women and Islam, will be visiting Rutgers-Newark to discuss Islam in America on Tuesday, December 7th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm in the Dana Room, located on the fourth floor of Dana Library. Topics will include Muslim women repositioning the veil; Islam and the Black encounter; and Jihad (struggle) in Urban America. There will also be a short film screening on Black women and the veil. This presentation is sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies. A copy of her book, Engaged Surrender: African American Women and Islam, is currently on reserve at Dana Library.
February 18, 2004
Ollie Johnson, NEH Visiting Lecturer in African American Studies at Alfred University, will discuss his paper "Black Politics in Brazil: New Developments and Old Challenges on Wednesday, February 18th, from 2:30 to 3:50 pm in the History Conference Room 324 Conklin Hall. This seminar is sponsored by RCHA and hosted by the Department of African-American and African Studies.
October 29, 2003
A special lecture by Byron E. Price, Assistant Professor of the Department of Public Administration on October 29, 2003 from 2:30-3:50 p.m. in the History Conference Room, 324 Conklin Hall. This talk is sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies.
April 24, 2003
A Film Clip Showing and Book Discussion by Dr. John Jackson, Duke University on April 24, 2003 from 6-9 p.m. in the Dana Room, Dana Library. This event is generously sponsored by: the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience. This program is part of Prof. Zain Abdullah's class on urban anthropology. For more information, call (973) 353-5528, ext. 21 or email: zain@andromeda.rutgers.edu
April 30, 2003
A lecture by Dr. Joseph McLaren, Hofstra University on April 30, 2003 from 11:30 to 1 p.m. in the Paul Robeson Center, Rm 226. A short poetry reading and a screening of the film "Looking for Langston" are also included on the program. This program is sponsored by the Department of African-American and African Studies and the Office of Student Activities. |
