 | This 1971 image of Angela Davis by Talita Long was published by the Broadside Press to raise funds for the Free Angela Davis Defense Fund. |
Exhibit highlights civil rights and anti-war struggles
To mark Black History Month, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is showcasing papers from its collections relating to the racial and political turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s.
The exhibition, titled "Literature and Resistance: African-American Voices from the 1960s and 1970s," celebrates the highly charged and multifaceted literature documenting the civil rights struggle and anti-war protests of the period. The exhibition highlights political and autobiographical writing and poetry by Nikki Giovanni and authors from Broadside Press, and political statements from movement leaders such as Eldridge Cleaver, then "information minister" of the Black Panthers.
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is located at the corner of Wall and High streets. It is open for exhibition viewing Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Saturday when Yale is in session, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Beinecke will be closed on Saturdays March 8, 15 and 22 during the Yale spring break.
First African-American alumnus is focus of talk
As part of its "Wake the Dream" program, Yale University Library Human Resourcess will sponsor a talk on the life and times of Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first African American to graduate from Yale College, and the first in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D.
Curtis L. Patton, professor and head of the School of Medicine's Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, will present the talk noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall, 130 Wall St. The event is free and open to the public. Participants are invited to bring a lunch; light refreshments will be provided.
Patton, who says he has been personally inspired by Bouchet, has long advocated honoring the alumnus' legacy at Yale. He has been one of the organizers of the University's year-long celebration honoring the 150th anniversary of Bouchet's birth.
For further information, visit the website at www.library.yale.edu/training/newdream00/Bouchet.html or contact Library Human Resources at (203) 432-1810.
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