Furman University and the Center for Inclusive Communities (CIC) announce a slate of talks, films, music and other events in celebration of Black History Month. All events are free and open to the public. Many events are part of Furman’s Cultural Life Program (CLP) and are so noted.<\/p>\n
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, Feb. 1,<\/strong> Black History Month Kick-off Thursday, Feb. 1,<\/strong> CLP: “An Evening with the Upstate Poets,” poetry slam Tuesday, Feb. 6,<\/strong>\u00a0“Speaking Down Barriers Dialogue: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion,” with Furman alumna Marlanda Dekine, Executive Director of Speaking Down Barriers Wednesday, Feb. 7,<\/strong> CLP: Paris is Burning documentary screening with Q&A Thursday, Feb. 8,<\/strong>\u00a0CLP: “Sacred African American Music,” with Rev. Lisa Allen-McLaurin Thursday, Feb. 15,<\/strong>\u00a0CLP: “An Evening with Furman Alum Lena Pringle: Media and Protests” Monday, Feb. 19,<\/strong> CLP: “The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X,” lecture and Q&A with Roger Sneed, Furman Associate Professor of Religion Tuesday, Feb. 20,<\/strong>\u00a0“Blackballed: A Discussion with Lawrence Ross.”\u00a0Writer, author and lecturer speaks about the black and white politics of race on America\u2019s campuses. Wednesday, Feb. 21, <\/strong>CLP:\u00a0“White Allyship with Sam Whiteout,” social media influencer Thursday, Feb. 22,<\/strong> CLP: \u201cBecoming White: White Education and the Erasure of Black Suffering,\u201d\u00a0lecture and Q&A featuring Shannon Sullivan, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Monday, Feb. 26,<\/strong>\u00a0“Bitter Medicine, Sweet Poisons: Black Masculinity and the Media,” lecture with Anthony Greene, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, College of Charleston Tuesday, Feb. 27,<\/strong>\u00a0“#BlackGirlMagic and Social Justice Movements,” lecture with Cassandra Jones, Director of African American Studies, USC Upstate Wednesday, Feb. 28,<\/strong>\u00a0Coffee Underground Open Mic Night For more information, contact Deborah Allen at 864-294-2076, deborah.allen@furman.edu<\/a>. For more information about \u201cBecoming White,\u201d set for Feb. 22, contact Susan Bennett in the Office of the Chaplains, 864-294-2133, susan.bennett@furman.edu<\/a>. Or contact the News and Media Relations office at 864-294-3107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Furman University and the Center for Inclusive Communities (CIC) announce a slate of talks, films, music and other events in celebration of Black History Month. All events are free and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":7211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26,70,38,23,27,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-administrative","category-diversity-equity-and-inclusion","category-greek-life","category-religion","category-student-life","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n11 a.m., James B. Duke Library
\nHosted by Furman NAACP, Student League for Black Culture (SLBC) and Student Diversity Council (SDC)<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by SLBC and NAACP<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m., Watkins Room, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by NAACP<\/p>\n
\n6 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by SLBC<\/p>\n
\n4 p.m., McEachern Lecture Hall, Furman Hall
\nHosted by African American & African Diaspora Studies<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by NAACP<\/p>\n
\n6:30 p.m., Johns Hall 101
\nHosted by SDC<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m., McAlister Auditorium
\nHosted by Fraternity and Sorority Life and (CIC)<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m., Daniel Recital Hall
\nHosted by NAACP and CIC<\/p>\n
\n7 p.m., Bryan Garden Room, Daniel Memorial Chapel
\nSponsored by Furman Office of the Chaplains<\/p>\n
\n6:30 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by SDC<\/p>\n
\n6:30 p.m., Burgiss Theater, Trone Student Center
\nHosted by SDC<\/p>\n
\n7:30 p.m., 1 East Coffee St., downtown Greenville
\nHosted by SDC<\/p>\n