A&S Departments Recognize Black History Month
The Office of the Provost, the Vice Provost for Student Affairs, and students and faculty in the Departments of Africana Studies, History and Sociology are co-sponsoring events to mark Black History Month. They urge all members of the university to attend.
"Obama and Race in America: Have Race Relations Really Changed?"
A Student-Faculty Roundtable
2-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 800 Swift Hall
"Obama and Race in America"
Distinguished Lecture by Orlando Patterson (Harvard University and the New York Times)
3 p.m., Monday, Feb. 22, MainStreet Cinema in Tangeman University Center
Student Discussion: A Meeting with Orlando Patterson
9:30-11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 3230 Recreation Center
Other Black History Month Activities at UC
UCs AACRC and United Black Student Association activities look back, look forward, look at each other, look at ourselves and look at Haiti.
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