Friday, September 26, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
The Evolution of the Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market
As part of the Created Equal series made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, UCM will host Dr. Robert E. Weems, William W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University on April 4, 2014. Dr. Weems will present a talk titled "The Evolution of the TRILLION DOLLAR African American Consumer Market" at Noon in the James C. Kirkpatrick Library room 1260. The event is offered in conjunction with UCM's Politics and Social Justice Week with a grant from the UCM Professional Enhancement Committee. For more information call (660) 543-4404 or email dgillis@ucmo.edu.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Created Equal Film Series: Freedom Riders
The Department of History and Anthropology is hosting the second event of our NEH Created Equal Film Series on Saturday, February 22 from 2 to 4 pm at the Black Archives of Mid-America (1722 E. 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, 64108). Please RSVP by email to info@blackarchives.org or by calling 816-221-1600.
The event will include a screening of portions of the PBS American Experience film Freedom Riders followed by a panel discussion with speakers: Sharon Sanders Brooks, former Kansas City Councilwoman and Missouri State Representative; Dr. Bonita Butner, Associate Professor and Division Chair, Educational Leadership, Policy & Foundations, University of Missouri- Kansas City; Michael Patton, retired educator with the Kansas City, Missouri, School District; Dr. Gregory Streich, Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Missouri and author of Justice Beyond "Just Us": Dilemmas of Time, Place, and Difference in American Politics and Urban Social Capital: Civil Society and City Life.
The "Created Equal" film series is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its "Bridging Cultures" initiative and in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The event will include a screening of portions of the PBS American Experience film Freedom Riders followed by a panel discussion with speakers: Sharon Sanders Brooks, former Kansas City Councilwoman and Missouri State Representative; Dr. Bonita Butner, Associate Professor and Division Chair, Educational Leadership, Policy & Foundations, University of Missouri- Kansas City; Michael Patton, retired educator with the Kansas City, Missouri, School District; Dr. Gregory Streich, Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Missouri and author of Justice Beyond "Just Us": Dilemmas of Time, Place, and Difference in American Politics and Urban Social Capital: Civil Society and City Life.
The "Created Equal" film series is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its "Bridging Cultures" initiative and in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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