African/African American Studies Committee Film Series Presents: Selma Film screening and discussion Tuesday, September 22, 2015 6:00-8:30 p.m. Temple 001 Free and open to the public Dr. Marlin Barber, Discussion facilitator Assistant Professor of history and African and African American Studies Missouri State University For more information, contact Dr. … [Read more...] about Film screening and discussion: Selma
African American Studies Speaker Series Missouri State University "They don't sing as they used to": The multiplicity of music and dance on the southern plantation February 18, 2015 7 p.m. Glass Hall 101 Ring shout, wheel about The racial politics of music and dance in north America slavery Katrina Dyonne Thompson Dr. Katrina Thompson Assoc. Professor, History / … [Read more...] about African American Studies Speaker Series: Ring Shout, Wheel About
African American Studies Committee Film Series presents The Help Film screening and discussion. Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s is the setting for this movie that focuses on Black women working as maids for white women. They regarded them as second-class citizens, held down by the Color Line. Today, many Blacks in Ferguson, MO and beyond believe that the larger society … [Read more...] about African American Studies Committee Film Series: The Help
Banished by Marco Williams How did three U.S. towns make African Americans disappear? Marco Williams, award-winning filmmaker of TWO TOWNS OF JASPER, visits some of the whitest counties in the country to confront the legacy of "banishment" - a wave of racial purging that tore through the South 100 years ago. Williams sits down with KKK leaders, white residents of these all … [Read more...] about Banished: Free Community Screening Event
The African American Studies Committee at Missouri State University will launch a thought-provoking, interactive film series this fall. The first screening will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2014, from 5:00 – 8:30 pm in the Meyer Library Auditorium (Room 101). “The Long Walk Home,” will be the featured film, followed by an interactive discussion about the prominently … [Read more...] about Film Series: The Long Walk Home