“Racism is in the root, it’s at the bottom of the tree and we’re always trying to prune those pieces off because the tree is good but we still need to take care of that base.” Dr. Kristopher Hall’s thought-provoking Continue reading
The Help, a film review by Courtney Cureton The Help is a famous novel turned Oscar-winning movie about the lives of black female domestic workers in Jackson, Mississippi, at the turn of the Jim Crow Era. We follow the lives Continue reading
When They See Us On February 25th, 2020, I attended the final showing of the Netflix short series “When They See Us” directed by the American filmmaker Ava DuVernay. This Black History Month event was a Faith and Justice Film Continue reading
The Race Card Project Presentation On February 24, 2020, I was honored to attend a presentation from former NPR host Michelle Norris about her project she’s been working on called the “The Race Card Project.” This project has been in Continue reading
Riley Truttmann HIST 128 5/11/20 Term of N-Dearment: The significance of the month of February goes beyond being the month of love, it more importantly the month of black love. Black History month is an important time to celebrate the Continue reading
The Race Card Project February is Black History Month; I attended Michele Norris’ speech this year. In her remarks, he introduced the progress of the project of “ The Race Card Project,” which is a program Continue reading
Black Wall Street & A Nation of Continue reading
What role do African American women play in Higher education and their perspective community? Here we are able to understand how an event is able to lead to connections between African American women, their role to both higher education, their history and community. Continue reading
Shan Malik Professor Dr. Miller HIST 128 African American History Justice: A Historically Biased System For my Black History project, I chose to analyze the acclaimed Netflix series entitles “When They See Us,” which tells the infamous story of Continue reading
I attended a live performance titled Strange Fruit at the University of San Diego. The play was written by a current senior and followed a small group of African American friends as they begin their first year at college. The Continue reading
