VT University Libraries: Celebrating Cultural Heritage Monday, February 4, 2013,  7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Newman Library 1st floor caféHip Hop in the Café - featuring SHHO, the Student Hip Hop Organization

Beats & conversation.  Light refreshments

http://vt.theshho.com/ http://vimeo.com/vtshho 

VT University Libraries: Celebrating Cultural Heritage Wednesday through Thursday, February 13 - 14, 2013,  7:00 - (1hr or 2 hr) 

open discussion will followNewman Library 2nd floor classroom • Documentary Days Rising from the Rails: the Story of the Pullman Porter  

Baadasssss Cinema: A Bold Look at 70’s Blaxploitation FilmsSeen Django Unchained or Black Dynamite? A look at where it all got started.

Light refreshments

  

VT University Libraries: Celebrating Cultural Heritage

Thursday,February 21, 2013 , 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. 

VT Voices - Kira Dietz (Acquisitions and Processing Archivist, Special Collections) talks about how African-American cooking became an integral part of  what we now think of as American cuisine.

Dr. Daniel Thorp (Associate Professor, Dept. of History) will discuss how he became interested in researching the history of African-Americans in Montgomery County, Virginia and what he learned about life in that community during the period from 1850 to 1910.

Newman Library 2nd floor commons area- Light refreshments

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