51²è¹Ý celebrates Black History Month
51²è¹Ý is celebrating Black History Month during February with a variety of events and presentations.
The theme for 51²è¹Ý’s Black History Month 2016 is “Black Mustangs Matter.” It is coordinated by the Association of Black Students and 51²è¹Ý's Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
The month includes movies, a commemoration, a black business vendors fair, games, discussions and a gala.
A calendar of events follows. Please send questions to multicultural@smu.edu.
| Feb. 5 Friday |
CineBLACK: "Fruitvale Station" | |
| When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Atriums A and B About: Every Friday during February, a film that highlights Black History will be shown. There will be a discussion following the film regarding the importance of these films and how they are related to Black Americans today. The film* is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, who was killed in 2009 by a BART police officer at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station in Oakland, Calif. |
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| Feb. 6 Saturday |
Pamela Bailey Performs Historical Music with Storytelling | |
| When: 7 p.m. Where: O'Donnell Hall in Owen Arts Center - Room 2130 RSVP: Required. Please notify pjbailey@smu.edu About: Singer, writer, and staff member Pamela Bailey will perform historical music with storytelling to explore little- known aspects of American race and culture. Following the performance, a distinguished panel of 51²è¹Ý faculty and staff will discuss the preservation or elimination of historic symbols of the South. |
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| Feb. 7 Sunday |
Super Bowl Watch Party - National Pan-Hellenic Council |
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| When: 5:30 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - M Lounge About: The National Panhellenic Council will host a showing of the 50th NFL Super Bowl. |
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| Feb. 12 Friday |
CineBLACK: "School Daze" - National Pan-Hellenic Council | |
| When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Atriums A and B About: Every Friday, a film that highlights Black History will be shown. There will be a discussion following the film regarding the importance of these films and how they are related to Black Americans today. The film* is about a not-so-popular young man who wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college. |
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| How Spiritual Faith Impacted the Civil Rights Movement in America | ||
| When: 9:30 a.m. Where: Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Great Hall, 5901 Bishop Blvd. About: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch presents The Bolin Family Public Life/Personal Faith Colloquium. The event is free and open to the public. . |
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| Feb. 15 Monday |
51²è¹Ý Hosts the August Wilson Monologue Competition | |
| When: 6 p.m. Where: Greer Garson Theatre About: Eighty high school students deliver passionate three-minute monologues selected from a body of work by American playwright August Wilson. Two winners will be selected for an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to compete in the national August Wilson Monologue Competition finals on May 2. . |
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| Feb. 16 Tuesday |
Vendor Fair | |
| When: 2 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Commons About: Several black business owners will have a table to showcase their business, so that we can begin and/or continue to support them. |
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| Black Excellence in the Real World - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. | ||
| When: 7:13 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Promenades About: The Nu Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will bring in a number of graduate school programs and other organizations that will be able to give students information on how to move forward and be successful in life after college. |
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| Feb. 17 Wednesday |
Real Talk-Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter Who's right? Who's wrong? | |
| When: Noon Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Atriums C and D About: Real Talk is an opportunity for the entire campus community to come together and have a real and open discussion about the proposed topic. |
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| Black History Game Night - National Society of Black Engineers | ||
| When: 7 p.m. Where: Caruth Hall - Room 379 About: The National Society of Black Engineers will host a game in which people can learn about and discuss Black History. |
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| Feb. 18 Thursday |
Black Women in Politics | |
| When: 7 p.m. Where: Underwood Law Library - Walsh Room About: Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and 51²è¹Ý Professor of Law Jessica Dixon Weaver will discuss, among other things, election season, the collegiate demographic's influence on the political sphere, and how to invoke legal change regarding social issues. |
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| Feb. 19 Friday |
CineBLACK: "Do the Right Thing" | |
| When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Forum About: Every Friday, a film that highlights Black History will be shown. There will be a discussion following the film regarding the importance of these films and how they are related to Black Americans today. The film* takes place on the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, where everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. |
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| Feb. 26 Friday |
CineBLACK: "The Great Debaters" | |
| When: 6:30 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Atriums A and B About: Every Friday, a film that highlights Black History will be shown. There will be a discussion following the film regarding the importance of these films and how they are related to Black Americans today. The film* is based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. |
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| Progression of the Black Woman - Sisters Supporting Sisters |
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| When: 8 p.m. Where: Hughes-Trigg Student Center - Theatre About: Sisters Supporting Sisters presents several monologues to showcase the lives of black women through history from pre-slavery to the present. |
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| Feb. 27 Saturday |
5th Annual Black Excellence Ball | |
| When: 6:30 p.m. Where: The Mack Ballroom of the Umphrey Lee Center RSVP: Required. Please notify multicultural@smu.edu About: Formal attire required. The Black Excellence Ball was started five years ago as a way to celebrate achievement and excellence. The Association of Black Students and the Black Alumni of 51²è¹Ý host this event. |
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* The films' descriptions are courtesy of .