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 Wednesday,
February 20, 7:00 p.m.
W. E.
B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
Louis Massiah, the Office of Multicultural Affairs distinguished artist
in residence, will screen excerpts from and discuss his documentary
on W. E. B. DuBois, the first film biography of the renowned scholar-activist.
Four prominent African American writers ---Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis,
Toni Cade Bambara, and Amiri Baraka --- narrate successive periods
of DuBois's life and describe his influence on their work. -- Park
Hall Auditorium
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 Wednesday,
March 27, 7:00 p.m.
Life and
Debt
Stephanie Black will screen and discuss her film about the devastating
effects of globalization on Jamaica's economy. The film's commentary was
written by Jamaica Kincaid, who adapted the text from her nonfiction book
A Small Place. -- Park Hall Auditorium (More
info)
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 Thursday,
April 4, 7:00 p.m.
"Dialogue
on Race: The Asian American Perspective"
Helen Zia is an award-winning journalist and author of Asian American
Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. A second-generation Chinese
American, Zia has long been active in the Asian American civil rights
movement. Following her talk, she will be available to autograph her book.
-- 225 Williams Hall
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 Sidekicks,
Savages, and Other Anthropological Curiosities
The stereotypical
images and objects associated with "Indians" in today's world have been
defined by the dominant non-Indian society and have little relationship
to reality. This exhibit will expose the cultural mythology surrounding
native peoples and explore their cultural identity in their own terms.
On
exhibit until Sunday, February 24
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