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SUMMARY:The Dreamer and the Dream: Afrofuturism and Prophetic Visions of Blackness
DESCRIPTION:The Dreamer and the Dream\nAfrofuturism and Prophetic Visions of Blackness \nWednesday\, March 6th\, 2019 \n10:00am-11:30am \nHaines Hall 215 \nA talk by Dr. Roger Sneed: Afrofuturism as a way of Black people expressing their identity through speculative fictions is fairly new\, and yet it is not new. We can trace the Black use of speculative fiction to articulate visions of Blackness and critique white supremacy back to W.E.B. DuBois’s 1920 short story “The Comet.” However\, Afrofuturism has made a resurgence\, due in part to the phenomenal success of Black Panther\, ongoing interest in the work of Octavia Butler\, and the rise of the “blerd” (a portmanteau of “black” and “nerd”). Today’s talk uses an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a focal point for investigating the intersections of Afrofuturism and Black Religious Thought.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/the-dreamer-and-the-dream-afrofuturism-and-prophetic-visions-of-blackness/
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SUMMARY:Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: A Reading With Saidaya Hartman
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nThe UCLA Department of Gender Studies Hosts \nWayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: A Reading With Saidiya Hartman   \nMarch 13\, 2019\, 4:00pm \nCornell Hall Room D313\, Anderson School of Management \nRSVP Required: https://waywardlivesucla.eventbrite.com \n\nSaidiya Hartman\, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University\, will read from and discuss her new book\, Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval. \nWayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments examines the social revolution of black intimate life in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century in a breathtaking work of history and literary imagination. \nIn Wayward Lives\, Beautiful Experiments\, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. Free love\, common-law and transient marriages\, serial partners\, cohabitation outside of wedlock\, queer relations\, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship\, love\, and marriage. Hartman narrates the story of this radical social transformation against the grain of the prevailing century-old argument about the crisis of the black family. \nIn wrestling with the question of what a free life is\, many young black women created forms of intimacy and kinship that were indifferent to the dictates of respectability and outside the bounds of law. \nBeautifully written and deeply researched\, Wayward Lives recreates the experience of young urban black women who desired an existence qualitatively different than the one that had been scripted for them—domestic service\, second-class citizenship\, and respectable poverty—and whose intimate revolution was apprehended as crime and pathology. For the first time\, young black women are credited with shaping a cultural movement that transformed the urban landscape. Through a melding of history and literary imagination\, Wayward Lives recovers their radical aspirations and insurgent desires. \nSponsored by the Department of Gender Studies with generous co-sposorships from the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies\, the Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions\, the Departments of African American Studies and English\, and the Center for the Study of Women.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/wayward-lives-beautiful-experiments-a-reading-with-saidaya-hartman/
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SUMMARY:Kamau Daáood and Mark de Clive-Lowe
DESCRIPTION:Kamau Daáood and Mark de Clive-Lowe \nWednesday\, March 13th\, 2019 \n7:00pm  \nJan Popper Theater \n \n“I was taught that the concept of the local artist is a noble one. That to live and work in a community and to be known for that work\, is very dignified.” – Kamau Daáood \nPerformance poet Kamau Daáood\, widely acknowledged as a major driving force behind Los Angeles’ black cultural renaissance\, will perform with musical maverick Mark de Clive-Lowe on piano. \n\nPresented by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Global Jazz Studies IDP\, the UCLA History Department\, the UCLA African American Studies Department and the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies \n\nClick Here for More Information & RSVP
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/kamau-daaood-and-mark-de-clive-lowe/
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SUMMARY:Where Do We Go From Here? Preserving Los Angeles's Black Business History
DESCRIPTION:Where Do We Go From Here? Preserving Los Angeles’s Black Business History \nThursday\, March 14th\, 2019 \n1:00pm-3:00pm \nCharles E. Young Research Library\, Main Conference Room \nWhat does the history of black entrepreneurship add to our understanding of black communities\, politics\, and economic life? \nThis roundtable brings together long-term business owners who were interviewed for the UCLA Center for Oral History Research’s recent interview series “Where Do We Go From Here? Histories of Long-Term Black Business Ownership\, Community\, and Family in Los Angeles County.” They’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities for black businesses\, their own business strategies\, and the contributions black businesses make to the larger African American community. They’ll also reflect on how black businesses might be documented and how oral history can contribute to those efforts. \nRSVP HERE: lablackbusiness.eventbrite.com\nModerator: Yolanda Hester is a researcher and writer whose work has focused on public histories in Los Angeles’ African American community. She was the interviewer for the Center for Oral History Research’s series on black business ownership in Los Angeles County. Most recently\, she has worked with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the William Grant Still Art Center researching and editing a project celebrating the forty-year history of the center’s Black Doll Show and is also collaborating on a project documenting the history of Operation Bootstrap and Shindana Toys\, two organizations that grew out of the Watts Rebellion. She received her master’s degree in African American studies from UCLA. \nRoundtable participants: \nVivian Bowers: Third-generation owner of Bowers & Sons Cleaners\, a family business that has been in operation since the 1940s. \nCarl Dickerson: Founder of Dickerson Employment Benefits\, an insurance company that has been in existence since 1965. \nGregory Dulan: Second-generation restauranteur and owner of soul food restaurant Dulan’s on Crenshaw. \nKim L. Hunter: Founder of Lagrant Communications\, a marketing communications agency\, and Lagrant Foundation\, a nonprofit that promotes diversity in the advertising\, marketing\, and public relations fields. \nGail Taylor: Third-generation owner of Woods Valentine Mortuary\, which has been in operation since 1928. \nWilliam Taylor: Founder of A+ Moving\, a moving and storage company founded in the early 1970s.
URL:https://afam.ucla.edu/event/where-do-we-go-from-here-preserving-los-angeless-black-business-history/
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SUMMARY:Free LA: The New Frontier of Abolition?
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce a performance and public dialogue with Bryonn Bain\, the creator and lead performer of the award-winning “Lyrics from Lockdown.” The event\, “Free LA: The New Frontier of Abolition?” will be held Thurs\, 7-9pm at the California African American Museum. See you there!
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SUMMARY:Gender\, Slavery\, and Freedom
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SUMMARY:Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit
DESCRIPTION:“Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit” \nSunday\, March 24th\, 2019 | 4:30pm-7:30pm \nScreening of “Amazing Grace” and Discussion \nMonday\, March 25th\, 2019 | 10:00am-4:30pm \nDiscussions\, Music & Celebration \nAretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace: From Watts to Detroit is a two-day event held on the Queen of Soul’s 77th birthday. The event will reflect on the influence and impact of Aretha Franklin’s groundbreaking gospel album\, “Amazing Grace\,” recorded in Los Angeles with the late Reverend James Cleveland and The Southern California Community Choir in 1972. This event will not only look at this historic recording but also celebrate the legacy and genius that is Ms. Aretha Franklin. We bring together world-renowned scholars\, artists\, and community members to acknowledge Aretha Franklin’s global impact\, featuring one-of-a-kind discussions\, presentations\, and a celebratory reception. \nSCHEDULE: \nSunday\, March 24th\, 2019 | 4:30pm-7:30pm at the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium \n4:30pm-5:00pm | Welcome \nScott L. Waugh\, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost \nCommissioner Mike Davis\, Board of Public Works Commission President Pro-Tem \n5:00pm-6:30pm | Screening of “Amazing Grace” \n6:30pm-7:30pm | “Amazing Grace” Discussion \nKimberlé Crenshaw\, Columbia Law School and UCLA Law School \nLynnée Denise\, DJ Scholar \nSalamishah Tillet\, Rutgers University- Newark \nScot Brown\, UCLA \nMonday\, March 25th\, 2019 | 10:00am-4:30pm at the California NanoSystems Institute Auditorium \n10:00am-10:15am | Welcome \nDarnell M. Hunt\, UCLA Dean of Social Sciences \nDavid Schaberg\, UCLA Dean of Humanities \nLynnée Denise & Marcus Anthony Hunter \n10:15am-11:15am | Opening Keynote \nEd Pavlic\, University of Georgia \n11:15am-12:30pm | How Sweet the Sound: Blues Ministry & Black Power \nModerator: Wade Dean\, UCLA \nAshon T. Crawley\, University of Virginia \nFredara Hadley\, Oberlin College & Conservatory \nShana Redmond\, UCLA \nZandria F. Robinson\, Georgetown University \n12:30pm-1:15pm | Lunch & Music by DJ Tracy Adams \n1:15pm-1:20pm | Remarks by Kyle T. Mays\, UCLA \n1:20pm-2:30pm | The Soul Print: Music\, Place\, & Albums \nModerator: Dominique Rocker\, UCLA \nEmily J. Lordi\, UMass Amherst \nLynnée Denise\, DJ Scholar \nMarcus Anthony Hunter\, UCLA \nMark Anthony Neal\, Duke University \n2:30pm-2:40pm | Remarks \nJessica Care Moore\, Poet\, Activist & Producer \nOliver Wang\, Cal State Long Beach \n2:40pm-3:40pm | Closing Keynote \nJessica Care Moore\, Poet\, Activist & Producer \nJoi Gilliam\, Singer & Songwriter \n3:45pm-4:30pm | Closing Reception \narethafranklin.eventbrite.com\nImportant Notice: \nThis event is oversold. Please keep in mind that your RSVP does not guarantee you a seat; seating is first-come\, first-served for those that RSVP’d.  \nIf you can’t make it to the event on Monday\, March 25th\, you’re still in luck – we will be Live-Streaming the event all-day on the Department of African American Studies YouTube channel. \nThe link is below:  \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV7X3rTXFfI \n  \nParking \nParking will be available in Structure 8 for $12.00 (all day) by Pay-By-Space. \nThere will also be limited parking available in Structure 9 for $12 (all day) only through the PARKMOBILE app.  \nFor more information on parking\, https://transportation.ucla.edu/campus-parking/visitors \n  \nOther \nPlease note that tripods\, monopods\, food and beverages are not allowed inside the auditorium. \nPlease email triciapark@afam.ucla.edu for any questions/concerns.
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