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Black History Month celebrations continue at UTSA

Black History Month celebrations continue at UTSA

FEBRUARY 17, 2020 — Throughout February, UTSA will celebrate Black History Month with speeches, discussions and film screenings that honor African American heritage; thoughtfully remember the civil rights leaders who paved the way for racial equality; and encourage diversity and inclusion in the present and future.

Roadrunners are invited to join student organizations, colleges and departments at all events.


Discussion: Integrating African American Studies in Texas High Schools

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m.
John Peace Library, Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22), Main Campus
 
This panel discussion focuses on the recently passed legislation for African American curriculum in Texas public schools. Panelists for the event include UTSA professor Ann Marie Ryan, UTSA lecturer Mario Marcel Salas, Texas A&M–San Antonio professor Lawrence Scott, and attorney and Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe. 

Black History Worship Experience

Friday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m.
Student Union, Mesquite Room (SU 2.01.24), Main Campus
 
Worship alongside Voices in Praise, a student organization dedicated to enriching the UTSA community through gospel music. 

Film screening: I Am Not Your Negro

Tuesday, Feb. 25 4–7 p.m.
John Peace Library, Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22), Main Campus
 

This Academy Award–nominated documentary explores race in the U.S. from the civil rights era to the present-day #BlackLivesMatter movement. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, the film uses an unpublished manuscript by American author and activist James Baldwin and a flood of rich archival material to look critically at the history of racism in the country. The screening will be followed by a faculty-led discussion. 

Discussion: Celebrating Activism

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.
Student Union, Retama Auditorium (SU 2.02.02), Main Campus
 
This panel discussion is sponsored by UTSA African American Studies. 

Speaker: Bree Newsome

Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m.
Student Union, Denman Room (SU 2.01.28), Main Campus
 
Bree Newsome is an artist, musician, producer, writer, consultant, activist and NAACP Image Award winner who drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in front of South Carolina’s capitol and lowered the Confederate battle flag in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting. 

Movie premiere: Walk on the River 2.0: The African Influence in San Antonio

Saturday, Feb. 29, 6–9 p.m.
Buena Vista Theater (BVB 1.326), Downtown Campus
 

This follow-up to the original Walk on the River documentary focuses on the presence and influence that people of African descent had in the San Antonio area before and during enslavement, including African Americans who fought in the Battle of the Alamo. A Q&A session with the director and producer of the film will be held after the film’s showing.
 

Shea Conner


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