Rutgers Observes Black History Month 2015
Rutgers students, faculty, and staff will celebrate Black History Month 2015 with a wide range of cultural and educational activities, including:
February 11, 7:30 p.m. – Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble will perform a free concert featuring the dances of Africa and the African diaspora at Bradley Hall Theater in Newark.
February 16, 12:20 p.m. – Artist John Abner will discuss “Photography and Social Critique: The Visions of African American Photographers” Armitage Hall, room 113, on the Camden Campus.
February 18, 12:00 p.m. – Africana Studies chair Edward Ramsamy presents "Paul Robeson: The Leader, The Legacy, The Lessons," part of the Dialogues in Diversity series, at Paul Robeson Cultural Center in Piscataway. Contact: wilson77@echo.rutgers.edu
February 21, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. – The 35th annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture presents "Curating Black America:Celebrating the National Museum of African American History and Culture” followed by a remembrance of Clement Alexander Price at the Newark Museum.
February 22, 6:30 p.m. – Rutgers' chapter of the NAACP will celebrate more than a century of activism at their annual Founders' Day Banquet at the College Avenue Student Center in New Brunswick. Tickets are $5.00 for students, $10.00 for the general public. Contact: scarletnaacp@gmail.com
February 23, 4:00 p.m. – Keith Green will read from and discuss W. E. B. DuBois’ “The Comet” with accompaniment by the Jameka Gordon Jazz Ensemble in the Camden Campus Center Multipurpose Room.
February 26, 11:00 a.m. – The Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience presents a free modern dance master class with members of Lula Washington Dance Theater at Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark. Students may also see the renowned company in concert at NJPAC with $10.00 student rush tickets later that evening.
February 28, 7:00 p.m. – Enjoy gospel music performed by local choirs during the 33rd annual "An Evening of Gospel Choirs" at Voorhees Chapel in New Brunswick. Free admission. Contact: agillespie@amst.rutgers.edu