February 6, 2014mcCrorey Hall, Room 2054 to 5:30 p.m.

FILM SCREENINGAND DISCUSSION

The Neo-African-Americans: How Rapid, Voluntary Immigrationfrom Africa and the Caribbean isTransforming the "African-American"Narrative

Follow up discussion led by members of the political Science Association (pSA)

Kobina Aidoo, who filmed the one-hour documentary"The Neo-African Americans," asked 13 people todescribe themselves and got 13 different answers.Why is the name so important? Is it because of thetension between the American-born blacks whoseancestors were slaves, and the new immigrants whospeak English with accents? In Aidoo's film, theparticipants describe the relationship between theimmigrant and native-born groups.

http://neoafricanamericans.wordpress.com/

This program is presented by the political Science program

Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves

February 10, 2014mcCrorey Hall, Room 2084 to 5:30 p.m.

pANEL DISCUSSION

The politics of Business: How toprepare for the Corporate World

Three members of the community will explore thepolitics of creating and maintaining professionalnetworks as well as building community businesses tointroduce students to the notion that politics is foundin every aspect of our society. The three invitedpanelists will give students insight into the businessworld and how to be successful.

PaneLiSTS

mr. Rickey Hart: Vice president and Co-Founder, NDR Energy Group

mr. Joe Drew-Hundley: Co-Founder and Senior Vice president of the non-profit organization GivenGo

ms. pansy Steele: Director of Kiddie Academy of Arrowood and JCSU alumna

This program is presented by the Political Science Program

Dr. Terza S. Lima-Neves

February 13, 2014Grimes Lounge4 to 6 p.m.

BLACK HISTORY

MONTH KEYNOTE

ADDRESS

African Americans and the Struggle for Human Rights in the 21st Century

Dr. Keith Jennings, Regional Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI)

This University and community event will commemoratethe legacy of the civil rights movement and thecontinued struggle to actualize human rights anddemocracy in America.

Dr. Keith Jennings is a senior associate and theregional director for Southern and East Africa for theNational Democratic Institute (NDI). Over the past 15years, he has represented NDI in 30 countries,working on a range of governance, civil society,political party and elections programs. He is ademocratic development and human rights specialistas well as the author of numerous popular andscholarly articles on a range of human rights anddemocratic development subjects.

http://www.ndi.org/

This program is presented by the Political Science Program

Dr. Tonya m. Williams

Inaugural Robert F. Williams Lecture

Robert F. Williams was a civil rights activist andstudent at Johnson C. Smith University. This lectureseries is devoted to examining the social movementactivism of young people of color in the South.

February 17, 2014Grimes Lounge4 to 6 p.m.

FILM SCREENING

AND LECTURE

“Negros with Guns: Robert Williams and Black power”The first African American civil rights leader to advocate armed resistance to racial oppression and violence, Robert F. Williams was born on February26, 1925 in monroe, North Carolina. The fourth of five children born to Emma Carter Williams and JohnWilliams, Williams quickly learned to navigate thedangers of being black in the Deep South. The Ku KluxKlan was a powerful and feared force in monroe, and thecommunity where Williams grew up experienced regularbrutalization at the hands of whites.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/negroeswithguns/rob.html

SPeaKer: Dr. Timothy Tyson, Visiting professor ofAmerican Christianity and Southern Culture, DukeUniversity. Dr. Tyson is the author of the definitive bookon the life of Robert F. Williams entitled Radio Free Dixie:Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black power.

This program is presented by the Political Science Program

Dr. Tonya m. Williams

DIGITAL

“NEw HUMANITIES”

CAMpUS AND

HBC-ME AwARENESS

media storytelling, rhetoric, politics and public historyapproached as civic leadership in the community andusing cultural immersion strategies to promote dialogueand the “new humanities” multidisciplinary education.

The program serves as a legacy bridge between our richcommunity of the past shaping the present, with diversecontributions from average citizens to the diverse, globalcommunities of today.

This project is presented by the College of arts and Letters

Dr. Laurie porter

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