{"id":10826,"date":"2012-02-13T11:41:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=10826"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T16:08:49","slug":"celebrating-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/13\/celebrating-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10824\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/13\/celebrating-black-history-month\/confederate-lecture-email\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10824\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10824\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10824\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/02\/Confederate-Lecture-email-260x204.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of H.K. Edgerton\" width=\"260\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H.K Edgerton has walked thousands of miles through cities and towns carrying a large Confederate Battle Flag.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, February 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Millett Hall Atrium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Black Confederate Soldier: The Untold Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featuring H.K. Edgerton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>H.K. Edgerton is an African-American Confederate activist who lectures on the role of blacks in the history of the South. He has walked thousands of miles through cities and towns carrying a large Confederate Battle Flag. His goal is to shed light on American history for people of all races.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10825\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/02\/13\/celebrating-black-history-month\/hasanjeffries\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10825\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/02\/hasanjeffries.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Hassan Jeffries\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hassan Jeffries, an asscociate professor at Ohio State University will discuss the Alabama origins of the Black Panther Party and make connections to contemporary political issues.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, February 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> 4 p.m. 163A Student Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Panthers to Barack Obama: The Politics of Hope and Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featuring Hasan Kwame Jeffries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jeffries is an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University and a fellow of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. He teaches courses on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 2009, Jeffries published <em>Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama\u2019s Black Belt <\/em>(NYU Press). In his talk, Jeffries will discuss the Alabama origins of the Black Panther Party and make connections to contemporary political issues.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sponsored by the African and African American Studies program and First Year Experience<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H.K Edgerton is an African-American Confederate activist who lectures on the role of blacks in the history of the South. 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