Wayne State’s department of Africana Studies is co-sponsoring a series of events to commemorate Black History Month together with the university’s Center for Chicano Boricua Studies, the English and History departments, the Humanities Center and the Springfed Arts-Metro Detroit Writers. The following events are free and open to the public. For more information on these events, please call Mark Shapley at (313) 577-9079.

February 15, 6:00 PM
“Socially Conscious Exhibit”

Prof. Charles Simmons, Eastern Michigan University

Exhibit in David Adamany Undergraduate Library Atrium

Prof. Charles Simmons and Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit Activist and Writer

Reception and Presentation: Community Room, Adamany Undergraduate Library

February 16, 10:30 AM
Prof. Charles Simmons, Eastern Michigan University

Bernath Auditorium, Adamany Undergraduate Library

February 22, 12:30
“Afro-Brazilian Politics: Challenges and Opportunities”

Prof. Ollie Johnson, Department of Africana Studies

2339 FAB

March 1, 7:00 PM
“Reading Black History /Women’s History”

Melba Joyce Boyd, author of The Province of Literary Cats

Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, WSU

Opal Moore, author of Lot’s Daughter,Associate Professor, Spelman College

Leslie Reese, author of Urbanjunkstar, Columbia College of Art

Bernath Auditorium, Adamany Undergraduate Library


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