Presented by the University Library System and Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, in partnership with Ken Love, filmmaker, and Dr. Laurence Glasco, Department of History
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Online (Registration is required)
Join us for a screening of filmmaker Ken Love's documentary featuring a compilation of interviews with George Barbour talking about his career leading up to and including the seminal Selma-to-Montgomery March. A discussion on the historical influence of Black journalists and matters around Black journalism, featuring contemporaries of Barbour and Pitt students, will follow the screening.
In 1965, as the first African-American KDKA Radio reporter, George Barbour marched 54-miles alongside civil rights activists including Martin Luther King Jr., interviewing participants, including John Lewis, along the way. A Pittsburgh native and University of Pittsburgh alum, Barbour stands as an important and resilient journalist from a revolutionary period of U.S. history.
Presented by the University Library System and School of Education
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Location: Online
Details forthcoming.
Presented by the University Library System and the Homewood Community Engagement Center
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. EST
Location: Online (Registration is required)
Black Families are resilient. Join us for an inspiring panel discussion and learn about ways to better support your family through the pandemic and beyond!
The panel will be moderated by Aliya Durham, Director of Community Engagement, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh
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Date: Continuous
Time: Check hours for Hillman Library
Location: 3rd Floor Exhibition Space, Hillman Library (requires Pitt ID)
Highlights from the University Library System's Distinctive Collections showcases original archival materials and high-quality reproductions from ULS Distinctive Collection areas Archives & Special Collections, Center for American Music, Theodore M. Finney Music Library, and Frick Fine Arts Library. Visitors can learn about Dr. Jean Hamilton Walls, the first African-American woman to receive her bachelor's and doctorate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, examine jazz pianist and Pittsburgh native Erroll Garner’s original compositions, and view records documenting Black theatre in Pittsburgh in the later 20th century.
Date: Continuous
Time: Check hours for Hillman Library
Location: 3rd Floor Exhibition Space, Hillman Library (requires Pitt ID)
Materials on display in this exhibit will rotate periodically while the August Wilson Archive is being processed by Archives & Special Collections staff. Currently we are highlighting materials relating to Wilson’s first play to appear on Broadway, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
