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In celebration of Black History Month, JCSU is will present a lecture and discussion series across academic, social and political boundaries. The following events are free and open to the community:

Event: Film screening and discussion led by the JCSU Political Science Association

Date: Feb. 6, 4 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. in McCrorey Hall, Room 205

Topic: The Neo-African-Americans: How Rapid, Voluntary Immigration from Africa and the Caribbean is Transforming the “African-American” Narrative

Event: The Politics of Business: How to Prepare for the Corporate World, a panel discussion with community members who will share their experiences as business professionals.

Date: Feb. 10, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., McCrorey Hall, Room 208

Panelists:

Rickey Hart, vice president and co-founder, NDR Energy Group

Joe Drew-Hundley, co-founder and senior vice president of the non-profit organization GivenGo

Pansy Steele, director of Kiddie Academy of Arrowood and JCSU alumna

Event: Black History Month Keynote Address

Date: Feb. 13, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Mary Taylor Crisp Student Union

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

by Dr. Keith Jennings, regional director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI)

Event: Film screening of “Negros with Guns: Robert Williams and Black Power,” and lecture by Dr. Timothy Tyson, visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture, Duke University; author of “Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power.”

Date: Feb. 17, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Mary Taylor Crisp Student Union

Topic: Robert F. Williams was a civil rights activist and student at Johnson C. Smith University. This lecture series is devoted to examining the social movement activism of young people of color in the South.