March 11, 2014

Photo Gallery: Students Explore Civil Rights During Black Heritage Month

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This year’s celebration of Black Heritage Month used theater, dance, and discussions to focus on the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Students and faculty explored topics including “diversity” hiring, Lafayette’s role in the desegregation of the Sun Bowl, felon disenfranchisement, voter ID laws, and Miranda Rights.

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Liza Fryman '16 and Joseph Rothschild '16 perform in the College Theater production of Clybourne Park.
Chanel Mowatt '17 and Darius Glover '14 in the College Theater production of Clybourne Park
Association of Black Collegians president Ashley Boyd ’15 and board member Jennifer Schroeder ’15 hosted the annual finale celebration.
Co-host Valerie Melson ’17 opens the event.
Ahmed Braxton ’17 gives his reflections on the Civil Rights Movement.
Students sing 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.'
Diane Shaw, director of Special Collections and College archivist, presents 'Lafayette College and the Desegregation of the Sun Bowl.'
Diane Shaw, director of Special Collections and College archivist, takes questions from the audience.
Ben Bulluck ’16 mans the DJ mixer during the finale.
Featured speaker Jessica Grant of 'The Grant School of Etiquette' talks during the finale.
Marcellus Irving ’14 reads a poem.
Kahmia Moise ’14 and Shanequa Lassiter ’14 read a poem in tandem.
The group Hi. Definitions and Supreme PROPHET performs.
Abenezer Solomon ’14 and Kayani Facey ’14 perform a duet.
David Roussève, left, professor of choreography at UCLA, discusses his dance company REALITY’s presentation of experimental production Stardust with students and faculty.
John McKnight, dean of intercultural development, talks during a student workshop hosted by David Roussève, professor of choreography at UCLA.

A special theater series examined the changing racial makeup of American cities across many generations. The program included opportunities to see Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway starring Denzel Washington and Lafayette College Theater’s presentation of the related play Clybourne Park. The Williams Center’s performing arts series hosted a student workshop and presentation of Stardust by David Roussève and his dance company, REALITY. The experimental production follows an unseen black gay teenager trying to negotiate a path through adolescence.

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