Recent Events
“The Haitian Diaspora in the Bahamas: An Alternate View”
Date: March 25, 2009
Time: 12:00 – 1:30
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Dr. Bertin Louis, Jr. Dr. Louis is a new lecturer in Africana Studies. He completed his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2008.
“Por el camino de los abuelos: Tracing the Beat of Afro-Ecuador" With Marlon Bishop
Producer of National Public Radio’s AfroPop Worldwide Program
Date: March 11, 2009
Time: 12:00 – 1:30
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Marlon Bishop
Producer of National Public Radio’s AfroPop WorldWide Program
Marlon Bishop was recently featured in the program “The Other Afro-Latino: Hidden Sounds from Ecuador, Bolivia, and
Uruguay.” A recent graduate of Wesleyan University, he won a Watson fellowship allowing him to undertake a year-long project anywhere in the world. He chose to spend his year traveling to Latin America to study African-rooted music. Fortunately for us Marlon's coming to Knoxville to share his story. He will give this public lecture and also lecture in several classes.
“A Journey Through the Development of Soul Music”
Date: February 18, 2009
Time: 12:00 – 1:30
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Dr. Wornie Reed
"Blacks in Tennessee: Past and Present"
Date: April 24, 2008
Time: 4:00 -6:00
Place: Hodges Library AuditoriumBlacks in Tennessee: Past and Present provides a socio-historical review of education, economics, politics, banking, insurance, criminal justice, and health and medical care, from the Civil War to the 21st century, including a discussion of the current status of Africans as well as African Americans in Tennessee.
"Sweet Soul Music of the 1970's"
Date: April 16, 2008
Time: 4:00 - 6:00
Place: Black Cultural Center
Speaker: Dr. Wornie ReedDr. Reed will present a slide show of his pictures in the exhibit depicting Soul, Blues, Gospel, and Jazz artist inperformance in the early 1970's. He will discuss the performers, the specific performances, and the development of "Soul Music."
"Ghana and the African Diaspora"
Date: October 8, 2007
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Dr. Michael Williams, Executive Director of the Aya Centre, Accra, Ghana
“Report on 2007 Study Abroad in Ghana”
Date: September 12, 2007:
Time: 12:30 – 2:00,
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Students with Dr. Amadou Sall
“The Afro-Ecuadorian Project”
Date: October 4, 2006
Time: 12:30 – 1:30
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Dr. Raymond Hall and Dr. Wornie Reed
“Mammy and Modernity: Narratives of the Faithful Slave in the Early Twentieth- Century U.S.”
Date: October 2, 2006
Time: 2:30 – 3:30
Place: McClung Tower 1210
Speaker: Dr. Micki McElya, Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Alabama
"Selma, Lord, Selma"
Date: February 17 & 18, 2005
Place: University Center, Shiloh Room
Speaker: Sheyann Webb- ChristburgA continuation of The University of Tennessee’s Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Passage of the Voting Rights Act
Tajín Totonac and Los Voladores (Flying Men) de Papantla
Date: Spring Semester 2005
Place: Art Gallery of the Black Cultural CenterDr. Raymond Hall presented several exhibits showing the influence of Africa on the culture of Veracruz, Mexico.