The international theme for 2009 Women's history month is "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet". The Center in partnership with Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, Assistant Professor of Speech Communications continued this lecture series with a great assemblage:
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I am currently sitting in the Celie Pedescleaux presentation about the African American quilting tradition. As she entered the door with her quilted jacket and tiny bubbly figure, we knew it was going to be good. What a beautiful assortment of colors but the much deeper meaning lies in the threads and the hands that create it. There is currently an exhibit of her quilts at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation at 1205 N Rampart. The Center for African and African American Studies is happy to announce our Black History Month essay contest. We will be giving away 2 African Ancestry DNA kits! You can learn more about these kits by visiting African Ancestry online.
You know how you can find something so great on the Internet that you just have to share it immediately with people? Well, Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a catalog of Carl Van Vechten's (of Harlem Renaissance fame) color photographs (click SEE ALL IMAGES at top of page) of legendary African Americans was that magnificent thing for me. When I first came across this, I absolutely gasped to see a color photo of WEB DuBois (1946) (left)...Awed by Pearl Bailey's poise, Dorothy West's shyness, and Earl Hyman's brilliance (he played the father to Bill Cosby's character on The Cosby Show). Dr. Tietzel's inspiriting presentation on African American contributions to the biological sciences had the audience fully engaged! Today started the kickoff of the 2009 Black History Month Festivities at Southern University at New Orleans. |