Collin College Celebrates Black History Month

Jan. 25, 2023 Collin College will celebrate Black History Month with a series of events throughout February hosted by the Collin College Black American Awareness Committee (BAAC). This years national theme is Black Resistance: Grit, Faith, and Perseverance.

City of Hope Poster Exhibition

Feb. 1-28
Frisco Campus, J Building First Floor

City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s daring vision for economic justice and opportunity for every U.S. citizen. The poster exhibition examines the Poor Peoples Campaign a grassroots, multiracial movement that drew thousands of people to Washington, D.C. For 43 days between May and June 1968, demonstrators demanded social reforms while living side-by-side on the National Mall in a tent city known as Resurrection City. City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords screening

Feb. 7, 7-9:45 p.m.
Plano Campus Living Legends Conference Center

This 85-minute, 1999 documentary directed by Stanley Nelson provides a history of Black newspapers and journalists in twentieth-century America. Nelson, a MacArthur Fellow and three-time Primetime Emmy winner, received the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. A panel discussion will follow the screening. The film is not rated.

Black Resistance: Grit, Faith, and Perseverance Presenter: Mitchell Jackson

Feb. 9, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
McKinney Campus Conference Center
Frisco Campus Conference Center (streamed)

Mitchell Jackson is a 2021 Pulitzer Prize winner in feature writing for his essay Twelve Minutes and a Life, a profile of Ahmaud Arbery. Jacksons writing has been spotlighted in several different publications, including Esquire, Harpers Bazaar, The Guardian, and Vice. He has also given a TedTalk presentation. His most recent book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, named one of the Times 100 Books of the Year, explores the intersections of blackness, violence, and economic inequalities through the lens of his early life in Portland, Oregon.

Foundations of Exploitation, Oppression, and the Black Resistance Video Presentation and Panel

Feb. 16, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Wylie Campus Conference Center, Room 103

This 36-minute YouTube video is from the African American Resource Collection (New Orleans Public Library).In A Discussion of Black Resistance with Dr. Leon Waters, Dr. Zada Johnson, a professor of Urban Community Studies and an anthropologist, begins the discussion by explaining how important New Orleans role was in the Civil Rights Movement and social justice activism.A panel discussion will follow the video presentation.

Resistance and Resilience: Stories from Black History

Feb. 21, 2:30 p.m.
Frisco Campus Conference Center

Panelists will share stories of strength and courage that connect our past to our present. Dr. Christopher Redgraves will examine African American service in the Civil War. Dr. Monica Gallamore will discuss Civil Rights activist, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher. Professor Felisha Avery will explore African American cuisine and culture. And Donna Okaro will share stories of her father, Eddie Sarge Stimpson, author of My Remembers: A Black Sharecroppers Recollections of the Depression.

LEADership in the Movies: The Woman King

6 p.m.
Feb. 20, Plano Campus Living Legends Conference Center
Feb. 21, Wylie Campus, Student Center 121
Feb. 22, McKinney Campus, Pike Hall C120
Feb. 23, Frisco Campus, Lawler Hall 135

This film presentation is a historical epic inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

BAAC Heart & Soul Food

March 31, Noon-1:30 p.m.
McKinney Campus Conference Center

This annual event is open to Collin College students, faculty, and staff. Lunch will be provided while supplies last.

For any questions about the Black History Month events, please contact Dr. Cathy Donald-Whitney at cwhitney@collin.edu.For more information, visit www.collin.edu/community/aahm.

Collin College serves more than 57,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates, including a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), a Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) in Cybersecurity,and aBachelor of Applied Science (BAS) in Construction Management.The only public college based in Collin County, Collin College is a partner to business, government, and industry, providing customized training and workforce development. For more information, visitwww.collin.edu.