Fall 2010 AFRS Courses Post Extra Credit Blogs Here

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Brian Copeland on Blackness

A Conversation with Brian Copeland @ SFSU

Comedian and talk-show host Brian Copeland discusses how he turned his life story into an acclaimed one-man show, Not a Genuine Black Man.

Date:

August 26, 2010 4:00pm

Venue:

Knuth Hall

Cost:

Free

Contact:

SF State Box Office

Phone:

415-338-2467

Website:

http://briancopeland.com

ALSO @SFSU

Not A Genuine Black Man

Brian Copeland’s solo show, Not a Genuine Black Man, reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then-8-year-old Copeland and his African American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue both funny and poignant, Copeland shares his story of identity and diversity in an evening of laughter, tears and sociology, exploring how surroundings make us who we are.

Date:

September 17, 2010 8:00pm

Venue:

McKenna Theatre

Cost:

Students: $8 advance, $10 door. Faculty, staff, seniors: $12 advance, $15 door. General admission: $20 advance, $25 door

Contact:

SF State Box Office

Phone:

415-338-2467

Website:

http://briancopeland.com

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Hip Hop, Human Rights and the Promise of a New Transnational Social Movement

This lecture was given at UW Madison on September 30, 2009 as part of a Hiphop lecture series at the University and with the First Wave Program. Click the picture for the link to play the video.

African American Pioneers in Anthropology: AFRS 310 SPR 10 Project

Students post assignments here.


Jessica Harris created a Facebook page concerning Arthur Huff Fauset. Marcella Campos and Sherry Lizama created a tumblr site for Caroline Bond Day. Corina Aguilar and Jazmin Ruelas created a tumblr site for Elliot Skinner. Tamieka Smith and MacKenzie Jones created a tumblr site for Louis Eugene King. Allison created a Facebook page concerning William Montague Cobb.

TImeless Film Series @ SFSU!!!

Afro-Latin@ Panel at SFSU

Post here if you attended the Afro-Latin@ Studies Panel in the College of Ethnic Studies at SFSU on Tuesday, April 20 from 2pm to 4pm. The participants included Professor Miriam Jimenez, Professor Juan Flores, Professor Nancy Mirabal and Professor Dawn-Elissa Fischer. It was a lively discussion!

((Pictured Below: Professor Roberto Rivera-- a SFSU Strike Veteran and professor of Latin@ Studies @ SFSU-- comments on the discussion.))

Ise Lyfe @ SFSU & Berkeley!!

Ise Lyfe blessed the SFSU campus with his "Is Everybody Stupid" lecture concerning hiphop and politics. Check out his new book PISTOLS &PRAYERS, or post up if you caught one if his live shows on tour.

March 4 @ SFSU

Chuck D & Dr. Gaye Johnson @ SFSU!

Hiphop pioneer Chuck D and UCSB Black Studies professor Dr. Gaye Johnson conversed with students on the topics of art, technology, education and activism on Thursday, February 4 at 11am in Jack Adams Hall of the Cesar Chavez Student Center at San Francisco State University. Being that SFSU is the birthplace of Black Studies in US universities and that SFSU still hosts the only College of Ethnic Studies, the event was slotted as a 'sort of homecoming' for those who position Hiphop as part of the larger Black Studies and Ethnic Studies movements.

This event was organized by the Black Student Union with support from the Department of Africana Studies and the College of Ethnic Studies at SFSU.