Stories about "African American Studies"
Louisiana's popular 'Sunpie' Barnes to discuss music of the African Diaspora
Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:22 am
An accomplished musician equally at home with blues, zydeco and a spectrum of African and Caribbean styles, Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes comes to Bates College to explore the music of the African Diaspora in a lecture-workshop at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Room 104 of the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.
Symposium celebrates 100 years of "The Souls of Black Folks"
Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:23 am
In a symposium Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11, faculty and guests from as far away as Germany will use music, drama and scholarly presentations to mark the 100th anniversary of a milestone in African American thought.
King Day events feature prominent activist and filmmaker
Wednesday, January 8, 2003 3:07 pm
Award-winning filmmaker Joanne Grant, a writer and veteran civil rights activist of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is the keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances.
African-Ecuadorian writer and environmental activist to speak at Bates
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 9:47 am
African-Ecuadorian writer and environmentalist Juan Monaño will give a talk titled "Intercultural Adventure: Black Ecuadorians Have a Point of View" at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in Room G52 of Pettengill Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Boston filmmakers present Maine premiere of award-winning Lift
Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:43 am
Boston filmmakers DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter will screen the Maine premiere of "Lift," their dramatic film about shoplifting Monday, Nov. 26, in the Keck Room, Pettengill Hall, at Bates College.
Maultsby to discuss African American music in Dutch culture
Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:32 pm
Portia Maultsby, professor of ethnomusicology and director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University, will discuss "African American Music in Dutch Culture: Issues of Identity and Representation" at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series Lecture free of charge.
Black History Month events scheduled
Wednesday, February 2, 2000 1:42 pm
Bates College celebrates Black History Month with a series of events sponsored by the Multicultural Center, the Office of the Chaplain, the Affirmative Action Office and the African American studies program.
Scholar of the African diaspora to speak
Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:00 pm
Robert Hill, the noted African diaspora scholar whose multidisciplinary work intersects with political science, history, sociology and psychology, will discuss "Afrogenesis, or The Genealogy of 'Africa for Africans'" at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and "Afrognosis, or Caliban's Books of Healing in the African World" at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge.
Historian to discuss African Americans in the American West
Tuesday, October 27, 1998 2:41 pm
Quintard Taylor, the Knight Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, will discuss African Americans in the American West on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives on the Bates College campus. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Bates receives Martin Luther King award
Wednesday, February 11, 1998 2:24 pm
Bates College has received the 1998 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Corporate Award given annually by the Portland NAACP to a corporation or organization exemplifying the philosophies of the late civil rights leader.