Spring 2019 OLLI Catalog

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Facilitators: Eula Slater and
Norris Curl, OLLI Members
3 Mondays
February 4, 18, 25
10:00am – 12:00pm
Extended Education Building,
EE-1213 (Auditorium)
Fee: Free to OLLI Members
and Open to the Public
OLLI Members Only
NLLL 155 Section 01
Course No. 23928
Non-OLLI Members Only
NLLL 155 Section 02
Course No. 23929
Presenter: Colette Haywood, is an
American publisher, business woman,
community activist, and arts patron.
She is the editor of the Atlanta community
Newspaper Historic Westside
News, and executive producer of “The
Soul of Atlanta,” a documentary that
explores the unique history of the
Atlanta University Consortium (AUC).
Monday, February 11
10:00am - 12:00pm
Extended Education Building,
EE-1213 (Auditorium)
Fee: Free to OLLI Members
and Open to the Public
OLLI Members Only
NLLL 001 Section 01
Course No. 23879
Non-OLLI Members Only
NLLL 001 Section 02
Course No. 23880
Discussion Group —
The Book of Negroes
In conjunction with Black History Month OLLI
will present The Book of Negros a series based
on a Lawrence Hill’s novel of the same name.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Television series is an exploration of slavery
in North America through the eyes and
experiences of Aminata Diallo.
Aminata is the much-loved daughter of a midwife mother, with
whom she “catches” babies, and artisan father, who has taught
her to read the Koran and write Arabic. Kidnaped by enslavers as
a young girl, she endured a forced march in shackles to the coast,
branding with a hot iron, a whipping so severe it opens her back,
the middle passage across the Atlantic, and her sale as chattel to
an indigo plantation owner. These trails mark the beginning of her
story and harden her determination to find her way home.
An OLLI Distance Lifelong Learning Event
Why Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Matter in Today’s America
NEW!
NEW!
Arguably, the two most
important black spaces in
America are Historically Black
Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) and the Black Church.
According to Michael Lomax,
Ph.D., President and CEO of
UNCF-the United Negro College Fund, “During long dark days
of Jim Crow segregation, HBCUs educated the lawyers, doctors,
teachers and ministers who built black communities across the
South. They educated the pioneering activists who built the civil
rights movement that broke Jim Crow’s back to meet those needs.”
While some institutions are experiencing great growth in securing
diverse funding, student enrollment, and program offerings, others
are struggling to remain open. In an era when more African
American students are attending private white institutions, are
HBCUs still necessary? To what extent do HBCU controversies—loss
of accreditation, financial mismanagement, low enrollment—do
irreparable damage? Why is the contribution HBCUs make to the
American economy so little appreciated?
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