African-American community lecture series

The current issue of The Defender has info about a series of lectures on Black history, culture and related issues being presented at the Family Resource Center as a collaboration between VCU’s Department of African American Studies, Richmond’s Slave Trail Commission, the Family Resource Center, the Elegba Folklore Society and the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences.

• Oct. 29: People and Culture of West Africa
  Dr. Vivian Dzokoto, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, VCU
• Nov. 5: History and Culture of the Zulu
  Dingani Mthethwa, Adjunct Professor, VCU
• Nov. 12: Slavery and Resistance in Richmond
  Dr. Norrece Jones, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies, VCU
• Nov. 19: The African Presence in South America
  Arthur Burton, Richmond Community Organizer and Activist
• Nov. 26: Gabriel’s Rebellion
  Ana Edwards, Chair, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project; Adjunct Professor, VCU
• Dec. 3: Psychology of the Black Experience
  Dr. Shawn Utsey, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Psychology, VCU
• Dec. 10: History of Civil Rights Movement in Richmond
  Eric King, Adjunct Professor, VCU
• Dec. 17: How Media Images of African Americans Affect the Behavior of Youth
  Dr. Aashir Nasim, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Psychology, VCU.

For more information, contact: Dr. Shawn O. Utsey, Chair, VCU Department of African American Studies, at (804) 828-4150 or soutsey@vcu.edu.

All lectures are set for 7PM at the East District Family Resource Center (2405 Jefferson Avenue).