Ernest J. Gaines Center

The Ernest J. Gaines Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is an international center for scholarship on Ernest J. Gaines and his work.

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Welcome to the Ernest J. Gaines Center Academic Blog. We are interested to see how Dr. Gaines's work is influencing students, researchers, and scholars and we if you are interested in submitting an entry, please reach out to us! https://t.co/ty0Gso7cmZ

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Over 30 mile section of Louisiana Highway 1 named after Ernest J. Gaines. Read more here:
https://t.co/VvmI1E18w8

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Join us on May 21st to explore some first drafts of Ernest J. Gaines's popular novels! Free and open to the public!

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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.
https://t.co/7VkGRWPTKr

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Join us for a lecture with Dr. Matthew Pettway. Oct. 27 at 6:00 - https://t.co/sBnReUFfT8

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THe 10th Annual Gaines Lecture will start at 5:00 pm on October 13, 2022.

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Upcoming events from the Ernest J. Gaines Center - https://t.co/w4jpuj23Uv

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If you missed our Author talk with Nathan Harris, you can watch it here! https://t.co/8vjw2d8TQk via @YouTube

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Upcoming events from the Ernest J. Gaines Center - https://t.co/3PkmBdCS1s

Register here: https://t.co/L7mhmClaxc

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RSVP for the 9th annual Ernest J. Gaines Lecture Series. email [email protected] for the zoom link

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TO DENY VALUE OF CULTURAL IDENTITY, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, 2015

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UNTITLED, Alma Thomas, 1962

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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."
https://t.co/HrZYOtxf3s

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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.

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There is no form of protest against racism or method of teaching about racism that will be palatable to racists.

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#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

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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.

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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

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“Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around, turn me around, turn me around.”

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SHARECROPPER, Elizabeth Catlett, 1952