Diversity Matters: Celebrating Black History
February 1, 2008
The University at Albany honors Black
History Month in February with a month-long
series of events by civil rights experts and
guest speakers.
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Feb. 7 |
Martin
Luther King Jr.
Luncheon
12 p.m. Campus Center Ballroom
Featuring civil rights activist and writer
Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights
leader Medgar Evers.
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
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Feb. 8 |
"A Critical
Review of Diversity in the News
Media"
4:30 p.m. Humanities
Building Room 039
Review by Erin E. Billups, news
reporter at Capital News 9 in
Albany.
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Feb. 15 |
"Reflections: The
Trip to West Africa in the Summer of
2007"
4:30 p.m. Humanities Building, Room
039
Presentation by
Marcia Sutherland, chairwoman of
UAlbany's Department of Africana
Studies, and Kwadwo Sarfoh,
associate professor,
Department of Africana Studies .
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Feb. 22
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"Does Race Matter in the
Judicial System?"
4:30 p.m. Humanities
Building, Room 039
Discussion with Albany attorney
Timothy Taylor |
For more information about Evers-Williams
or other events in the series view the
News Release. All events are free and
open to the public.
View the historical timeline,
African-Americans at UAlbany, 1858-present |
