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Write the Vision, Make It Plain: Narrative and Counter Narrative as a Prelude to the Black Student Movement
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Summer 2015 courses now posted.
Summer Courses have now been posted. Please visit the Courses tab within this blog.
Please note that March 15 is the deadline to Study Abroad in Barbados this summer with Dr. Anthony Greene and Jon Hale! Check out the Tumblr page from last year to see what the experience is like.
Planners of Black History Museum in SC seek public input
From the Associated Press (• Published: February 24, 2015)
“CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Organizers of a $75 million International African American Museum on Charleston Harbor are holding a public forum to get input from people on what the museum should display.
The forum is being held on Tuesday (February 24) near where the museum will be built.
Bernard Powers, a historian from the College of Charleston, is the head of the program committee.
Also attending the session is Ralph Appelbaum, the noted museum designer whose credits include developing exhibits for the Holocaust Museum, the Capitol Hill Visitor Center and the Newseum in Washington.
Officials announced last year that the Charleston museum will be built at the site of wharf where tens of thousands of slaves first set foot in the United States.”
African American Religion Prior to 1865
Black Catholics and the Burden of Black Religion
African American Religion & Politics in the Civil Rights Era: Expanding the Story of “The Black Church”
MLK Jr. Day Speaker: Benjamin Jealous (former NAACP President)
Welcome, we are happy you are here!
MLK Jr. Day Speaker: Benjamin Jealous
Please join us for a special talk from Former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous! This event is free for all CofC students, faculty, staff, and the general public. The event will be January 15, at 7:00 PM in the Sotille Theater.
Benjamin Jealous has been a leader of successful state and local movements to ban the death penalty, outlaw racial profiling, defend voting rights, secure marriage equality, and free multiple wrongfully incarcerated people. Under his leadership, the NAACP grew to be the largest civil rights organization online and on mobile, experienced its first multi-year membership growth in 20 years, and became the largest community-based nonpartisan voter registration operation in the country. A builder of robust coalitions, Jealous’ leadership at the NAACP included bringing environmentalist organizations into the fight to protect voting rights, and convincing well-known conservatives to join the NAACP in challenging mass incarceration.
Jealous has been named to the 40 under 40 lists of both Forbes and Time magazines. He is #1 on TheRoot.com’s 2013 list of black leaders under 45.
What Can I Do with an African American Studies Major?! Student Panel Discussion
“Black Students and Black Studies: A Founding History, 1966-1970” by Ibram Kendi
@AASTCofC Twitter account hacked by current student, Hannah Craig!
On student orientation days our awesome AAST minor (possibly new major) Hannah Craig will be hacking the African American Studies twitter account to keep new and prospective students in the know about life at CofC, particularly as it relates to being a major or minor of African American Studies.
Meet Hannah here, first:
My name is Hannah Craig. I am a rising senior majoring in Communication, minoring in AA Studies (possibly soon to become a double major). I recently studied abroad in Barbados thought the AA Studies program and it was an amazing experience. I enjoy hanging with friends and family, listening to music,reading, fashion, journaling, and Youtubing (I’m actually obsessed with YouTube haha). My favorite food is chicken. My favorite color is purple and my favorite animal is a blue bird. If I could have any superpower I would fly and if my life could be the name of a current movie, it would be LOL because I love laughing and joking around. My dream job other than being a firefighter, detective or princess would be to travel the world and speak to young girls about self-worth.