Week One: Monday, February 1, 2010 – Sunday, February 7, 2010-
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Black History Month Opening Celebration, The Fisk Memorial Chapel
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jeff Obafemi Carr
Founder and Artistic Director of the Amun Ra Theatre, Nashville Tennessee
7:00 PM
A reception will immediately follow the program in The Appleton Room, Jubilee Hall
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Themed White Linen Dinner, Adam K. Spence Hall
5:00 – 7:00 pm
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference Informational
Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina April 15-18, 2010
Park-Johnson Hall, Auditorium Room 122
7:00 PM
Thursday, February 4, 2010
A Conversation on Haitian History and Cultur
Guest Presenter: Ms. Grace Sanders, PhD Candidate in History, Women’s Studies at Michigan State University, Haitian Women’s Historian and Activist
Faculty Dining Hall, Spence Hall
12:00 Noon
Sunday, February 7, 2010
University Worship Service, The Fisk Memorial Chapel
9:45 AM
Communion Sunday – “Black History Month Litany”
Speaker: Minister Winterbourne Jones ‘10
Week Two: Monday, February, 2010 – Sunday, February 14, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Fisk Forever Kick Off and Pep Rally
Adam K. Spence Hall
12:00 Noon
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The 29th Annual Nashville Conference on African American Studies and Culture
Tennessee State University, Avon Williams Campus
10th & Charlotte Ave. Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Registration fee is $18.00. Please see Dr. Reavis Mitchel or Professor Linda Wynn for future details.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Special Collections Fisk Exploration Walking Exhibit
“Fisk Forever: The Fisk We Remember”
Conversation and Exhibit Exploration
with Mr. Keith Chandler, Dr. Mathew Kennedy, Professor Marcellus Brooks, Dr. P. Junior, Ms. Adrian Latham, Ms. Beth Howse and Professor Libran Fort.
The John and Aurelia Hope Franklin Library, Special Collections (2nd Floor)
7:00 PM
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Historic Jefferson Street Walk
Led by: Ms. Sharon Hunt, President of Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (JUMP)
along with Professor Marcellus Brooks and Dr. P. Freeman
Departing from the Fisk University Oval
1:00 PM
Sunday, February 14, 2010
University Worship Service, the Fisk Memorial Chapel
9:45 AM
Transfiguration Sunday – “Civil Rights Movement Litany”
Speaker: Minister Darria J. Hudson ‘10
Week Three: Monday, February 15, 2010 – Sunday, February 21, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
“Our Roots: Celebrating Black Hair, Black Enterprise, and Black Women”
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Up Close and Personal Conversation
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Lawson
“50 Years Later: A New Charge for a New Generation”
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
7:00 PM
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Urban League Young Professionals Mixer (By Invitation)
Organization of Black Graduate and Professional Students, Vanderbilt University
Erastus Milo Cravath Hall
7:00 PM
Friday, February 19, 2010
The National Urban League Centennial Reception at Fisk (By Invitation)
The John Hope and Aurelia Franklin Library
5:00 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Financial Workshop
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
10:00 – 12:00 Noon
Field Trip to the Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Room
Led by: Professor Linda Wynn and Library Civil Rights Room
Buses depart from the Fisk University sign (Jackson Street) at 1:00 PM
Sunday, February 21, 2010
University Worship Service, the Fisk Memorial Chapel
9:45 AM
First Sunday in Lent- “A Call to Fast Litany”
“Black History Month Litany”
Speaker: The Reverend Jason R. Curry, Dean of Chapel
Week Four: Monday, February 22, 2010 – Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
142nd Birthday Pre-Celebration of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
“Dubois: A Gift”
Time Capsule Construction
12:00 – 7:00 PM
Adam K. Spence Hall, Cecil B. Jefferson Cafeteria
“Dare to Dream: I Want to Be a Fiskite When I Grow Up”
African Dance Tutorial with students from the Bethlehem Center of Nashville
Ms. Naila Herbert and Ms. Naila Campbell, Instructors
Dance Studio, New Livingstone Hall
2:00 PM
Book Discussion with Author, Dr. Sandra Barnes
Professor of Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Barnes focuses on race, class, and gender dynamics, the relationship between structural constraints and individual agency, and how these dynamics influence the experiences of residents in poor urban spaces.
Location: TBA
7:00 PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
142nd Birthday Celebration of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
“Dubois: A Gift”
Time Capsule Burial
The W.E.B. Du Bois Terrace
12 Noon
Business Program Inaugural Lecture
Keynote Speaker Dr. Bradley T. Sheares
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
4:00 PM
Wednesday, February 25, 2010
International Black Film Festival with Discussions with Film Makers
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
7:00 PM
The Pierson Lecture Series
Celebrating 100 Years of Organ Music at Fisk University
Dr. Anthony Williams, organist
The Fisk Memorial Chapel
7:00 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010
International Black Film Festival with Discussions with Film Makers
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
7:00 PM
Friday, February 26, 2010
Fisk University Black History Month Formal
Jubilee Hall, the Appleton Room
7:30 PM – Midnight
Attire: Semi Formal
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Garden Adoption
The Andrew Jackson Housing Community Center Gardens
Andrew Jackson Community Center located on 6th and Jackson Street (Across from Race Relations and Tennis Courts)
1:00 PM
Sunday, February 28, 2010
University Worship Service, the Fisk Memorial Chapel
9:45 AM
“Black Martyrs Litany”- Speaker: Minister Brandon J. Perkins ‘10
Note: There will be Black History Reenactments and Biographical Readings everyday Monday through Friday at 12:00 Noon in the Cecile B. Jefferson Cafeteria, Adam K. Spence Hall.
Acknowledgments
The Honorable Hazel R. O’Leary Dr. M. Christopher Brown II Dr. Sessi Aboh The Reverend Jason Curry Mr. Jason Meriwether Mr. Lynwood Berry Ms. Gussie Fuller Dr. Christopher Duke Dr. Anthony Williams Mr. Don McCain Ms. Sara Hughes Ms. Patricia Parrish Stokes Ms. Sharon Kay Keith Chandler Ms. Russell Keese Ms. Marie Williams Mr. Norm Rapp Ms. Gussie Fuller Ms. Patricia Douglas Ms. Angela Clark Ms. Jennifer Allen Ms. Tabitha Beasley
2010 Black History Month Committee
Mr. Winterbourne Jones, Class of 2010, Chairperson Mr. O’Brian Holden, Class of 2010, Co-Chairperson Ms. Candace Warren, Class of 2011 Ms. Stephanie Huff, Class of 2012 Mr. Fredrick Caldwell, Class of 2011 Ms. Inna Smith, Class of 2011 Ms. Kelsey Burton, Class of 2012 Ms. Chelsea Burton, Class of 2012 Ms. Beatrice Adams, Class of 2012 Mr. Liban Ahmed, Class of 2011 Ms. Darria Hudson, Class of 2010 Ms. Ashley Bell, Class of 2011 Ms. Jenise Burks, Class of 2011 Mr. Jordan Holland, Class of 2011 Mr. Timothy Walker, Class of 2012 Mr. Brandon Perkins, Class of 2010 Ms. LaQuasha Logan, Class of 2012 Ms. Jaretta Engleman, Class of 2013
2010 Black History Month Committee Advisors
Dr. Jessie Carney Smith, Director of the Dr. John Hope and Aurelia Franklin Library Dr. Sheila Peters, Chair of the Department of Psychology Professor Linda Wynn, Associate Professor of History Ms. Beth Howse, Director of Special Collection at Fisk University Dr. Reavis Mitchell, Chair of the Department of History Dr. Victor Simmons, Curator of the Fisk University Art Galleries
Offices, Departments, Student Organizations and Community Partners
The Office of Student Life Office of the President Office of the Provost The Sociology Club 88.1 WFSK The John and Aurelia Hope Franklin Staff JUMP Jefferson Street Merchants Partnership The W.E.B. Du Bois Honors Program The Urban League of Middle Tennessee The Urban League Young Professionals Association Thompson Hospitality Jubilee Florist Woodcuts Framing and Gallery Miles Barbershop Mikes Printing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. S.I.F.E. Students in Free Enterprise The Fisk Memorial Chapel L.I.F.T. Leaders of the Interfaith Faith Fellowship Team The Music Department The Fisk University Galleries OBGAP Organization of Black Graduate and Professional Students, Vanderbilt University Departmjent of Public Safety
