The Multi-Cultural affairs office has several activities planned during Black History Month. The National African American Read-In is one.
The purpose of the read-in is to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month by hosting and coordinating read-in events in every community.
To kick off this event Dr. Rodney Coates will hold a lecture on Feb. 7. Coates’ lecture topic will be: Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream, Barrack Obama, and the myth of a post-racial society. This lecture will be held in SAHB 100 from 11:30-12:30 p.m.
Keep in mind that Coates lecture is one of the three activities planned for Black History Month. The actual read-in will begin with author Dr. Nikki Taylor.
Taylor is the author of “Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati’s Black Community 1802-68.” Taylor is a professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. She has recently completed a manuscript entitled, “The many voices of Peter H. Clark and the Traditions.”
The next activity is a forum. UCBA’s own Dr. John E. Douglas, he will be explaining “The Color Line and the Legal Fiction of Race in the Life and Literary Works of Charles W. Chesnutt—African American Writer.”
Douglas’ forum will be held Feb. 28 in Muntz 157 from 12:30-2. Along with the read-in there will be a free buffet lunch of southern specialties while listening to selected works from African American authors, including some of UCBA’s faculty, staff, and students.