Thursday, October 4
7 p.m.
I.G. Greer Hall, Room 119
Open to the campus and community.
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies has partnered with Appalachian's Philosophy Club to present a program on black freedom, struggle and the Black Panther Party with a screening of "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975." The film by Goeran Olsson evolves around 16mm film material shot by a team of Swedish journalists during a late 1960's visit to the U.S. to document the Black Freedom movement as well as the ongoing mostly urban revolts. It includes almost insightful interviews with key figures in SNCC, the Black Panther Party and activists close to them, including Stokeley Carmichael, Bobby Seale and Angela Davis.
The film screening opens the Center's programming on the Black Freedom Struggle during this anniversary year and is part of the accompanying events for the traveling exhibit "Revolutionary Grain: Celebrating the Spirit of the Black Panther Party in Portraits and Stories" by photographer Suzun Lucia Lamaina. The events co-sponsors include Belk Library and Information Commons, Appalachian's Office of Multicultural Student Development, the Office of International Education and Development, the Africana Studies Program, the Black Student Association and many others.
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About the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies was founded in 2002 to develop new educational opportunities for students, teachers and the community. Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement and the prevention of further genocides. The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies is an associate institutional member of the Association of Jewish Studies, a member of the Association of Holocaust Organizations and a member of the North Carolina Consortium of Jewish Studies.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975