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Join us for a memorial of Dr. Ernest J. Gaines on December 3, 2022. We will discuss how Gaines's work has influenced ur guest speakers and his impact on Southern Literature as a genre and a field.
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"The @NMAAHC digital exhibition Chez Baldwin will help you explore Baldwin’s early life in Harlem, international travels, and time in St.-Paul de Vence, France, as well as better understand his impact as a writer and civil rights activist."
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Many who quote my father now would have hated him then. He was assassinated for working to end war, poverty, and racism, which some erroneously claim he’d ignore today. But he was a Christ-inspired, love-fueled, justice-seeking, globally-minded, nonviolent revolutionary.
#OTD in 1864, African American businesswoman Maggie Lena Walker was born.
In 1903, Walker became the first woman, of any race, to charter a bank in the US, The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, VA.
Learn more: https://t.co/xFwZhX6p7F #HiddenHerstory#APeoplesJourney
On 7/10, The Gaines Center staff participated in the 1st Black Leaders' Alliance Conference. The conference allowed minority student leaders to workshop & network with UL Lafayette's Administrators, Faculty, Staff, & former Student Leaders to sharpen their leadership skills.
Willi Ninja
Choreographer& dancer, Ninja was known as the “Grandfather of Vogue.” Voguing is a dance style originating in Harlem’s drag ball culture. Ninja helped propel it to the national stage in an award-winning documentary titled “Paris is Burning” #pride