University of Rochester

Black History Month 2009

“I, too, am America.”
—Langston Hughes


January 22 through February 27

All Day
image from art exhibit"Looking Both Ways" An exhibit of work by Myra Greene
Wilson Commons Hartnett Gallery

Sunday, February 8

6:00 pm
Movie and Pizza "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Gleason Theater

4:00 pm
Lecture: "A Profile of Francis Lewis Cardozo 1836-1903: Statesman, Educator, Trailblazer, and One of America's First Black Civil Rights Leaders"
Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library

Wednesday, February 11

11:00 am to 3:00 pm
African-American Network Art Display featuring Luvon Sheppard and Jimmie Addison (Sondi Studio)
Medical Center, Flaum Atrium
Sponsored by the African-American Network affinity group

Opening Thursday, February 12

All Day
bronze of Abraham LincolnLincoln in Rochester
Memorial Art Gallery

8:00 pm
"God Is..." Bible Study with University of Rochester Christian Fellowship, Discussion led by Pastor Brian White
Interfaith Chapel - Commons Room

Friday, February 13

4:00 pm
"Social Hour" Club Rochester with Office of Admissions and the Financial Aid Office
Meloria Salon D

Sunday, February 15

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Black History Month Family Day
Memorial Art Gallery

6:00 pm
"Soulful" Sunday Dinner with BSU
Danforth Dining Center

Monday, February 16

12:00 pm
Baseball's League of Nations: A Tribute to Native American Baseball Players
Welles Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library

Tuesday, February 17

11:30 am
Black Tuesday "Literature for the Soul"
Wilson Commons Hirst Lounge

Wednesday, February 18

12:30 pm
Work-in-Progress Seminar: "The Tower—Mysticism and Jungian Spirituality in Leila Aboutela's Narratives: Colored Lights, Minaret, and the Translator"
Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library

5:00 pm
Native American People, Sports Mascots, and Higher Education: Issues of Cultural Appropriation
Welles Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library

Saturday, February 21

6:30 pm
Black Tie Affair "Back Together Again"
University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry's Flaum Atrium

Tuesday, February 24

6:30 pm
"Dismantling the Mis-education of Affirmative Action"
Bausch and Lomb 109

Wednesday, February 25

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
African-American Network Literature Display
Medical Center, Flaum Atrium
Sponsored by the African-American Network affinity group

Thursday, February 26

5:00 pm
Frederick Douglass Institute Speaker Series: "Two Icons"
Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library

Thursday, February 26

9:00 pm
The Aaron Goldberg Jazz Trio
Interfaith Chapel