Schedule of events for Black History Month
Wednesday, February 8, at 4pm in Newell Hall: Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of The Atlanta Constitution, will lecture on "The Bell Curve and Education in America." Tucker will discuss how the book impacts national debates about education, opportunity and racial understanding.
Thursday, February 9, from 1pm to 3pm in the TV Studio in Fuller Labs: "Campus Diversity" a live PBS video workshop, will examine ways to create an institutional culture in which all students can feel comfortable and learn.
From 7pm to 8pm in the Archives Room of Gordon Library: Haitian Consul General, Jean Geneus, will speak about the current situation in Haiti.
Monday, February 13, from 10am to 3pm in the Lower Wedge: African Marketplace. Local vendors will display and sell African and African-American handcrafts, books and other items.
At noon, there will be a lunchtime concert featuring African Rhythm, a drumming group from Senegal.
Friday, February 17, at 7pm in Perreault Hall: Sugarcane Alley. Euzhan Palcy's film, set in Martinique in 1931, paints a rich picture of native life under French Colonial rule. In French with English subtitles. General Admission is $3 ($1 with WPI ID).
Tuesday, February 21, at 7pm in Room A, Morgan Dining Commons: Finzan. Directed by Chick Oumar Sissoko, this movie, set in Mali in 1990, is the story of the rebellion of two women and is considered to be one of the boldest examples of socially engaged filmmaking to come out of Africa in recent years. In Bambara with English subtitles. Free.
Wednesday, February 22, at 7pm in World House, 28 Trowbridge Street: "WPI in Africa." Corey Lewis and Ahmed Al-Baiti, two of three undergraduates who completed their Interactive Qualifying Project "Biogas and Other Renewable Energy Sources" in Botswana during the summer of 1994, will share their experiences. The team won this year's President's IQP Award.
Thursday, February 23, at 1:30pm in Salisbury Labs Room 105: "Celebrating Black History Month Through the Works of Toni Morrison." Laura J. Menides' classes will read from Beloved, Tar Baby, Song of Solomon, Jazz and other novels by Morrison.
Monday, February 27, at noon in the Lower Wedge: Lunchtime jazz concert featuring local jazz artists in a program coordinated by Richard G. Falco, director of jazz studies.
Tuesday, February 28, at 7pm in the Lower Level of Alden Memorial: A musical celebration of Black History Month featuring the WPI Percussion Ensemble with guest performances.
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