Tag: Black History

Community Voices: Art and the African Diaspora featuring Marquese McFerguson, Edouard Duval Carrié and Morel Doucet at NSU Art Museum

 

Saturday, February 5, 2022

2 – 3 pm

FREE

NSU Art Museum is partnering with various community organizations on a variety of programs as part of the Community Voices Series, NSU Art Museum’s new initiative supported by the Community Foundation of Broward, that focuses on exploring social and racial inequalities and challenging social structures, including representation in museums.

Support has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward: Barbara and Michael G. Landry Fund for Broward, Peck Family Fund, Julia C. Baldwin Fund, and Frederick W. Jaqua Fund.

Community Foundation of Broward

This panelist lecture, led by Marquese McFerguson, featuring Edouard Duval-Carrie and Morel Doucet explores ideas surrounding Art and the African diaspora. Artists reflect on their work and their experiences navigating contemporary life as artists of African descent. This panel discussion provides a space for community discourse as it highlights topics of identity, migration and race.

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Civil Rights in the Sunshine State: The Lynching of Rubin Stacy

Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Location: Alvin Sherman Library, Second Floor, Cotilla Gallery

According to records maintained by the NAACP, between 1882 and 1968 there were 4,743 documented cases of lynching across the United States, with the majority of victims being African American.  A combination of their frequency and the system of white supremacy which condoned these mob killings ensured that most victims were soon forgotten. The case of Rubin Stacy, who was lynched by a mob in 1935 on what is today the corner of Davie Boulevard and SW 31st Avenue, stands out though because it was a recorded in a number of searing photographs taken that day. From the NAACP fliers that used these images in support of its anti-lynching campaign to the recent decision of the City of Fort Lauderdale to rename a stretch of Davie Boulevard in his memory, this talk will revisit the story of Rubin Stacy’s murder and photographs which propelled it to national attention.

Presented by Dr. David Kilroy Ph.D., a Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Humanities and Politics. A native of Dublin, Ireland, his research interests fall broadly within the parameters of U.S. political and cultural engagement on the world stage.

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Civil Rights in the Sunshine State: Eula Johnson and the Fort Lauderdale Wade-ins

 

 

Date: Friday, February 18, 2022

Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Location: Alvin Sherman Library Second Floor, Cotilla Gallery

Prior to the 1961 Wade-ins on Fort Lauderdale Beach, and a landmark district case, public facilities in Broward county were segregated. Eula Johnson was the first woman president of the Broward chapter of the NAACP. Johnson, along with Dr. Von D. Mizell coordinated and organized a series of protests called the “Wade-ins” in the summer of 1961 to desegregate the beaches. Both faced white supremacist backlash during and after the protests. The City of Fort Lauderdale eventually sued Johnson and Mizell for “disturbing the peace” during their demonstrations. Johnson and Mizell won their case, which set the precedent for the future desegregation of Broward county. This talk will be led by Janay Joseph and Tara Chadwick on Johnson’s legacy, and the work that can be done today within our current political climate. A preview of the documentary short film “She Had A Dream: Eula Johnson’s Fight to Desegregate Broward County” will also be featured, along with a discussion on the research and production of the film.

Presented by Janay Joseph and Tara Charwick, History and International Studies Majors in the Department of Humanities and Politics at the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

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Looking Forward, Looking Back: Freedom, Afrofuturism and Reflections on Juneteenth, June 19

Virtual Event
Saturday, June 19, 3:00 p.m.
Free

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In recognition of Juneteenth, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Freedom, Afrofuturism and Reflections on Juneteenth,” a free virtual panel discussion on Saturday, June 19 at 3:00 p.m. This event launches Community Voices, NSU Art Museum’s new initiative supported by the Community Foundation of Broward, that focuses on exploring social and racial inequalities and challenging social structures, including representation in museums. Community Voices will provide a new forum for community discourse as it highlights topics of identity, migration and race through talks, multidisciplinary performances and workshops that are aimed at celebrating diversity and that serve as a catalyst for social change. Join expert panelists Ransford F. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D., Kandy G. Lopez-Moreno, M.F.A. and Rachel Panton, Ph.D., faculty members of Nova Southeastern University, who will look back at the historical context of emancipation, as well as the ongoing tension between the rhetoric of recovery and an imagined and unenslaveable Black future in art, literature, and pop culture.

Tickets are free and must be reserved in advance. For reservations, email moareservations@moafl.org or call 954-262-0258. Tickets may also be reserved online at nsuartmuseum.org. 

Ransford F. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities

Ransford F. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D.

and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. His research interests include disaster politics, particularly disaster capitalism. He explores social and economic justice through the transformative nature of natural disasters. Edwards’ regional areas of focus are the Caribbean and Latin America. His work appears in Class, Race, and Corporate Power and he has been a reviewer for the journal Disasters. His teaching interests include quantitative research methods, political economy, and political film and fiction.

 

 

Kandy G. Lopez-Moreno, M.F.A

 

Kandy G. Lopez-Moreno, M.F.A., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. As a visual artist, Lopez-Moreno explores constructed identities, celebrating the strength, power, confidence and swag of individuals who live in urban and often economically disadvantaged environments. With a variety of mediums, her images develop a personal and socially compelling visual vocabulary that investigates race, the human defense mechanism, visibility and armor through fashion, and gentrification. Lopez-Moreno’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums.

 

Rachel Panton, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. Panton’s primary focus is women’s narratives of wellness and transformation. She was a guest editor for the

Rachel Panton, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley’s Race and Yoga Journal and is the founder of Women Writing Wellness. She is the editor of the forthcoming book, Black Girls Om Too: Black Women’s Bodies & Resistance to the Visual and Narrative Rhetoric of Yoga and is co-editor of Calling of the Crowns: Black American priestess narratives of awakening to the divine feminine, divination, healing, and spiritual modalities of service in African Diasporic Religions.

NSU to Host Black Women in Healthcare Panel, Feb. 10

In honor of Black History Month, the Multicultural Affairs Student Development Committee is hosting the Black Women in Healthcare Panel on Feb. 10 at 6:00 p.m.

The event will be interdisciplinary and focus on how practitioners and students navigate through racism and discrimination in their respective fields.

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https://nova.zoom.us/j/98523474417?pwd=K2NNdUJyOWI0R0hTQitWV1ZRYW1yUT09

 Meeting ID: 985 2347 4417

Passcode: 176637

These events are open to ALL faculty, staff, students and community.

NSU to Host Black Men in Healthcare Panel II

In honor of Black History Month, the Multicultural Affairs Student Development Committee is hosting the Black Men in Healthcare Panel on Feb.25 at 6:00 p.m. 

The event will be interdisciplinary and focus on how practitioners and students navigate through racism and discrimination in their respective fields. 

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https://nova.zoom.us/j/93855431789?pwd=SG5GL1ZsUTE4OC9ieDV5S21RQUZ5dz09

 Meeting ID: 938 5543 1789

Passcode: 573286

Black History Moment 2021: Granville T. Woods

Granville T. Woods (1856–1910)     Picture Source: biography.com

Granville T. Woods, born to free African Americans, held various engineering and industrial jobs before establishing a company to develop electrical apparatus. Known as “Black Edison,” he registered nearly 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph (over which he defeated a lawsuit by Thomas Edison).

Early Life

Born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 23, 1856, Woods received little schooling as a young man and, in his early teens, took up a variety of jobs, including as a railroad engineer in a railroad machine shop, as an engineer on a British ship, in a steel mill, and as a railroad worker. From 1876 to 1878, Woods lived in New York City, taking courses in engineering and electricity — a subject that he realized, early on, held the key to the future.

Back in Ohio in the summer of 1878, Woods was employed for eight months by the Springfield, Jackson and Pomeroy Railroad Company to work at the pumping stations and the shifting of cars in the city of Washington Court House, Ohio. He was then employed by the Dayton and Southeastern Railway Company as an engineer for 13 months.

During this period, while traveling between Washington Court House and Dayton, Woods began to form ideas for what would later be credited as his most important invention: the “inductor telegraph.” He worked in the area until the spring of 1880 and then moved to Cincinnati.
Early Inventing CareerLiving in Cincinnati, Woods eventually set up his own company to develop, manufacture and sell electrical apparatus, and in 1889, he filed his first patent for an improved steam boiler furnace. His later patents were mainly for electrical devices, including his second invention, an improved telephone transmitter.The patent for his device, which combined the telephone and telegraph, was bought by Alexander Graham Bell, and the payment freed Woods to devote himself to his own research. One of his most important inventions was the “troller,” a grooved metal wheel that allowed street cars (later known as “trolleys”) to collect electric power from overhead wires.Click here to read more…

Source: biography.com

For a complete listing of NSU’s Black History Month events, please visit www.nova.edu/blackhistory.

NSU Florida to Host Online Symposium “Policing the Black Man”, Feb.12

Free Two-Day Virtual Event Open to All Members of the Community

Features Prominent Figures in Law Enforcement, the Judicial System and Education

WHO:       Officials from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, the College of Psychology and the Lifelong Learning Institute, along with:

  • Gregory Tony, Broward County Sheriff;
  • Harold Pryor, Broward State Attorney;
  • Gordon Weekes, Broward County Public Defender;
  • Dale V.C. Holness, Broward County Commissioner, District 9; and
  • Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor, American University Washington College of Law, and one of the authors of “Policing The Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution And Imprisonment”

WHAT:      Two-day virtual symposium: “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution And Imprisonment,” which examines how the judicial system interacts with the African-American Community.

WHERE:    Each day’s presentation will take place online via Zoom

  • Registration online HERE
  • Event program online HERE

WHEN:            

  • Friday, Feb. 12   10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Feb. 19,  1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

WHY:               The continuing plague of abuse by law enforcement of African Americans, and African American men in particular, led to last year’s widespread protests. As a new presidential administration takes office, there is an opportunity to advance changes that can help to address this fundamental challenge facing our nation.  Interested community members are encouraged to join in for an examination of the many challenges and how to address them.

The first day of the program will begin with a presentation by the leading lawyers and legal scholars who co-authored a book that addresses this precise issue: “Policing the Black Man: Arrest Prosecution and Enforcement.” Law enforcement officials and elected officials will examine the impact on the criminal legal system.

A week later, the conversation will continue with an analysis of the issue by community leaders and activists to examine the impact on society. The results of the discussion will be used to identify steps to undertake to address these challenges. This is an important conversation that must continue.

Black History Month Moment 2021: Marie Van Brittan Brown

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television.  Brown was born in Queens, New York, on October 22, 1922, and resided there until her death on February 2, 1999, at age seventy-six. Her father was born in Massachusetts and her mother was from Pennsylvania.

The patent for the invention was filed in 1966, and it later influenced modern home security systems that are still used today. Brown’s invention was inspired by the security risk that her home faced in the neighborhood where she lived. Marie Brown worked as a nurse and her husband, Albert Brown, worked as an electronics technician. Their work hours were not the standard nine-to-five, and the crime rate in their Queens, New York City neighborhood was very high. Even when the police were contacted in the event of an emergency, the response time tended to be slow. As a result, Brown looked for ways to increase her level of personal security. She needed to create a system that would allow her to know who was at her home and contact relevant authorities as quickly as possible.

Brown’s security system was the basis for the two-way communication and surveillance features of modern security. Her original invention was comprised of peepholes, a camera, monitors, and a two-way microphone. The final element was an alarm button that could be pressed to contact the police immediately.

Three peepholes were placed on the front door at different height levels. The top one was for tall persons, the bottom one was for children, and the middle one was for anyone of average height. At the opposite side of the door a camera was attached with the ability to slide up and down to allow the person to see through each peephole. The camera picked up images that would reflect on the monitor via a wireless system. The monitor could be placed in any part of the house to allow you to see who was at the door.

There was also a voice component to enable Brown to speak to the person outside. If the person was perceived to be an intruder, the police would be notified with the push of a button. If the person was a welcome or expected visitor, the door could be unlocked via remote control.

Marie and Albert Brown filed for a patent on August 1, 1966, under the title, “Home Security System Utilizing Television Surveillance.” Their application was approved on December 2, 1969. Brown’s invention gained her well-deserved recognition, including an award from the National Scientists Committee (no year for the award can be identified) and an interview with The New York Times on December 6, 1969.

Brown’s invention laid the foundation for later security systems that make use of its features such as video monitoring, remote-controlled door locks, push-button alarm triggers, instant messaging to security providers and police, as well as two-way voice communication. Her invention is still used by small businesses, small offices, single-family homes, and multi-unit dwellings such as apartments and condominiums. The Browns’ patent was later referenced by thirteen other inventors including some as recently as 2013.

Brown was the mother of two children, one of whom, Norma Brown, went on to become a nurse and inventor.

Source: Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999) • (blackpast.org) 

Detail of Marie Van Brittan Brown’s home security system design
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

NSU Celebrates Black History Month: You Don’t Want to Miss any of These Events

NSU’s celebration of Black History Month continues with provocative panel discussions, 19-century jazz, Raise a Reader Storytime for children and much more. With so much going on in the world, NSU is taking the virtual route this year. So sit back and relax, we’ve come up with a variety of online events that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.

For a complete listing of Black History Month events, please visit www.nova.edu/blackhistory.