Exhibit: African Americans and the Vote in Alabama
Feb. 1-29
Gorgas Library, Capstone Entrance
Sponsor: University Libraries
2020 Black History Month Sale
Feb. 1-29
http ://www.uapress.ua.edu/pages/BHM2020-Sale.aspx
Race, Memory, and the Courage of Autherine Lucy: A Campus Tour
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 12, 19 and 26
from 11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Meet at Foster Auditorium
Co-Sponsors: Dr. Meredith M. Bagley. Department of Communication Studies
Monopolizing Wealth:
Understanding Race and Class-Based Inequality
Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 12:00 PM
John England Jr. Hall
Co-Sponsors: Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion;
College of Human Environmental Sciences; Culverhouse College of Business
Campus Dialogues: Black History and the Black Experience
at the Capstone
Wednesday, Feb. 5
from 1:00 – 1:50 PM
Ferguson Student Center, Great Hall
Co-Sponsors: Crossroads Community Engagement Center,
Ferguson Student Center, Office of Student Involvement
Hallowed Grounds Tour
For daily postings from the Hollowed Grounds Project, check out
#slaveryua during the month of February.
Wednesdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, and 26 at 2:00 PM
Departs from the Gorgas House, tour is 1 hour
Sponsor: Deportment of Gender and Race Studies
Hallowed Grounds Tour: Followed by Meet-N-Greet
Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 2:00 PM
Departs from the Gorgas House, tour is l hour
Meet-n-Greet located in McClure Library
Co-Sponsors: Department of Gender and Race Studies,
The Women and Gender Resource Center
Celebrate! Investigate! Create!: A Collaboration
between Arcadia Elementary and the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Friday, Feb. 7
from 5:00-8:00 PM
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Co-Sponsors: College of Arts & Sciences,
Deportment of Art & Art History
Unframed Images: Photography from the Collection of P.H. Polk
Friday, Feb. 7 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Paul R. Jones Museum
Co-Sponsors: College of Arts & Sciences, Department of
Art & Art History
Afro American Gospel Choir Benefit Concert
Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4 PM
Hightown Church of God
Sponsor: Afro American Gospel Choir
College of Community Health Sciences Academic Conference
Tuesday, Feb. 11 and 25
from 12:15 – 1:15 PM
CCHS Main Building, Classrooms 1-3
Co-Sponsors: CCHS Academic Diversity and Inclusion
Committee, Dr. Mercedes Morales-Aleman (Committee Chair), Kirsten Henry-Paxton (Committee Vice Choir)
Empowerment at Work: Promoting Inclusivity and Diversity
Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 2:00 PM
Bidgood, 149
Co-Sponsors: Culverhouse Diversity and Inclusion,
Career Center at Culverhouse
Creating Powerful Experiences with Lasting
Impact: The Storytelling, Engineering, and
Communications Connection
Wednesday, Feb. 12
from 5:00 – 6:15 PM
H.M. Comer, 1026
Co-Sponsors: College of Communication and Information Sciences, College of Engineering
As I Am: Black Women’s Discussion Group
When Humor Hurts:
Normalizing Abuse on Social Media
Wednesday, Feb. 12
from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Intercultural Diversity Center
Co-Sponsors: The Women and Gender Resource Center
Black Faculty and Staff Association
Black Literature Read-in & Open Mic Night
Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:00 PM
UPerk Coffee Shop
Sponsor: The Women and Gender Resource Center
The Blackout
Tuesday, Feb. 18
from 7:00 – 10:00 PM
erguson Student Center, Great Hall
Co-Sponsors: The Alabama Student Association for
Poetry, Alabama Forensic Council, Black Student
Union, Black Faculty and Staff Association Ambassadors,
Afro American Gospel Choir, UA Blend, Dynamically
Reversing Everything Around Me, National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, Capstone Association of Black Journalists
Improving Lives by Giving Back:
A Discussion
with Almuni
Wednesday, Feb. 19
from 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Adams, 109
Sponsor: College of Human Environmental Sciences
Every Student Book Club: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Thursday, Feb. 20
from 5:00-6:00 PM
ten Hoor, 103
Sponsor: The Women and Gender Resource Center
Black Votes Matter
Featuring Co-Founder and Executive Director Cliff Albright
Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6:30 PM
Ferguson Ballroom
Sponsor: Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Movie Night: Harriet
Friday, Feb. 21 at 6:00 PM
Ferguson Student Center, Theater
Sponsor: University Programs
BSU Week
Feb. 24-29
Events will be posted on Instagram:
@BSU_UA
Co-Sponsors: The Black Student Union, Dean of Students Office, University Programs
As I am: Black Women’s Discussion Group
#LetBlackGirlsBeGirls: Sexualizing Black
Women and Girls
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Intercultural Diversity Center
Co-Sponsors: The Women and Gender Resource Center
Black Faculty and Staff Association
Black Heritage Trivia Night
Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:00 PM
The Ferguson Student Center, Great Hall
Sponsor: The Women and Gender Resource Center
The Life and Legacy of B.B. King:
Reception and Book Talk
Thursday, Feb. 25
reception from 6:30 – 7:00 PM
author talk from 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library
Co-Sponsors: University Libraries, Honors College,
School of Music
Every Woman Book Club: Kindred
by Octavia Butler
Thursday, Feb. 27
from 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Legends Bistro at Hotel Capstone
Open to faculty, staff, and grad students only
Sponsor: The Women and Gender Resource Center
Dr. Ethel H. Hall: African American
Heritage Month Colloquium
Thursday, Feb. 27
from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Bryant Conference Center, East Room, A and B
Sponsor: The School of Social Work
A Town Hall: Policing and Campus Communication Notifications
Thursday, Feb. 27 at 6:00 PM
John England Jr. Hall
Sponsor: Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Movie Night: Just Mercy
Friday, Feb. 28 at 6:00 PM
Ferguson Student Center, Theater
Sponsor: University Programs
Legacy Excursion
Saturday, Feb. 29 at 9:00 AM
Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama
Sponsor: University Programs
8th Annual Tuscaloosa Africana Film Festival
Saturday, Feb. 29
from 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Central High
Co-Sponsors: Edward A. Ulzen Foundation, Afram South Inc., Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission, College of Arts and Sciences