Dwight Marvin Library recognizes Black History Month with the following:
- On display in the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Atrium on the first floor: Posters as well as other photographs from the archives. Many of the posters were created by former students as part of projects led by now-retired Collegiate Academic Support Program director Roy Pompey. Included are portraits of the first African American male and female HVCC graduates and the first African American faculty member. Thank you to library staff members Christina Parnell and Jennifer Acker for arranging the display.
- Book display on the first floor: A selection of print books are on display during Black History Month. Titles include graphic novels, children’s literature, young adult literature, fiction, and scholarly works. Any book on display may be borrowed.
- Dr. Toussaint Losier delivers the first Voices lecture of the semester on Thursday, Feb. 3, at Noon. Dr. Losier is a faculty member in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. His presentation is entitled “The Other Attica Is Already Upon Us: Prison Organizing, COVID-19 and the Crises of Mass Incarceration.” All are welcome to the event which will be live streamed.
- Feature films from the library’s streaming video collection are the basis of Student Activities’ Black History Month film series. The film series is presented on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in the Siek Campus Center, room 202. Many more streaming videos are available.
- Library subject guide Resources Examining Racism and Structural Inequities identifies numerous resources available both online and in print. This resource is available to faculty, staff and students.
Finally, here is a quote from a speech by General Colin Powell, America’s first Black Secretary of State, delivered in a 1994 commencement address at Howard University. The quote is included in Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches.
There is utter foolishness, evil, and danger in the message of hatred, or of condoning violence, however cleverly the message is packaged or entertainingly it is presented. We must find nothing to stand up and cheer about or applaud in a message of racial or ethnic hatred.
May you find many, many inspiring words in the library’s collections and resources.
Brenda Hazard
Library Director
Published: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:05:18 +0000 by b.hazard