Speaking of Books with Julius Fleming
Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation
Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation (2022) reconsiders the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of black theatre. It argues that theatre—like television and photography—was a vital tool of civil rights activism and a crucial site of black artistic and cultural production. During this historical moment, black artists and activists turned to the stages of Broadway. They produced plays in the Netherlands, and in U.S. prisons. They performed in the cotton fields of Mississippi, once dodging a bomb tossed from the audience to the stage. Analyzing a largely underexplored, transnational archive of black theatre, this book charts a new cultural and political history of the Civil Rights Movement, and offers new routes to perennial questions about race, gender, sexuality, performance, and black political modernity.
Dr. Wheeler will speak on the intricate dynamics that shapes the relationship between language, race, and identity. Through a keen raciolinguistic lens, she examines the transformative power of language in shaping our sense of self and our place in the world.
Join UMD Libraries for an opening reception celebrating our new major exhibition, Rising Up: 100 Years of Student Activism for Justice and Civil Rights at the University of Maryland. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the exhibit’s curators, hear from speakers who will share experiences about their struggle for civil rights and social justice, and participate in guided tours of the exhibit. The exhibit will be on display in Hornbake Library during the 2023-2024 academic year, and features archival photos, oral histories, multimedia displays, and memorabilia documenting the history of student activism at the University of Maryland.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Richardson's book, The Queer Limit of Black Memory: Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution., scholars, authors, and artists come together for a day of panels and performances.
"Achieving the Dream: My Life in Math and Science, Defying Barriers and Living Diversity in STEM"
The Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities presents The Banned Books Battle: A Teach-In. Led by Lindsay Carpenter, Head of Research Education at UMD Libraries, this session will address national and local trends in book challenges, with an emphasis on the impact on public schools. It will also provide resources and action items for preparing for and addressing book challenges.
The murder of George Floyd sparked a summer of protests, many of them occurring in city centers adorned with centuries-old Confederate memorials. As pressure mounted for their removal, Devon Henry, CEO of Team Henry Enterprises, had the courage to get the job done. Hear from Mr. Henry, who made national headlines for removing statues and constructing the award-winning UVA Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.
Professor Valérie K. Orlando, SLLC, was awarded the 2023-2024 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award, and will present a lecture on "The Importance of Connections and 'Relations' in the African and Caribbean 'Tout-Monde': A Literary World of French Expression" as part of the Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture Series. The lecture will take place on Oct. 16, 2023 on the campus of University of Maryland College Park, in Room 0200 of Skinner Hall, with a reception to follow. (RSVP required)
Please join us for our annual happy hour as UMBA celebrates 65 years!!!! Happy anniversary to us! We will be hosting the Spades and Uno Tournaments once again. Registration is $10 per person and the winner gets half of the pot! Both tournaments will start at 8pm.
College of Arts and Humanities | English
Center for Literary and Comparative Studies | English
Explore the legacy of African Americans and their impact on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park through a 90-minute walking tour. The tour, developed by Dr. Kim Nickerson (BSOS), is an affirmation of the positive and meaningful African American presence and existence on our campus. Tours begin on the front steps of the Rossborough Inn (Route 1). Participants should dress according to the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. For questions, please contact Brittney Robinson: brobins7@umd.edu
On Friday, September 8 at 11 pm (local time), a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Hight Atlas Mountains in Morocco and took 2,900 lives.