MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Sites of Black Memory in the Missouri State Capitol: The Radical Representation of African Americans in Thomas Hart Benton’s 1936 mural “The Social History of Missouri”
5:30 p.m. | Main Gallery, State Historical Society of Missouri
Art historian Joan Stack will explore the representation of African Americans in the art of the Missouri State Capitol, focusing primarily on the decoration campaign of ca. 1918-
1920, and Thomas Hart Benton’s “Social History of Missouri” mural.
Sponsored by: The StateHistorical Society of Missouri
ZouSoul Concert
8:00 p.m. | The Shack, MU Student Center
Performances dedicated to the history of black popular music.
Sponsored by: ZouSoul
TUESDAYS IN FEBRUARY
Black Queer Film Festival
February 2 | 7 PM | Women’s Center
February 9 | 7 PM | Women’s Center
February 16 | 7 PM | Women’s Center
February 23 | 7 PM | TBD
See screen representations of black queer and trans lives, histories, and stories every Tuesday in February.
Sponsored by: Queer & Trans People of Color (QTPOC) and the Black History Month Committee
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
The African-American Experience in Missouri Inaugural Lecture, “Contesting Slavery: Enslaved Missourians Enduring Struggle for Self Determination”
6:00 p.m. reception | 7:00 p.m. presentation | 8:00 p.m. book signing | Jesse Auditorium, Jesse Hall
Diane Mutti Burke, author of On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small – Slaveholding Households, will examine the lives of African-Americans who were enslaved in Mid-Missouri.
Sponsored by: The State Historical Society of Missouri and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Afro-Latino Memory Through Film
6:00 p.m. | Room 12, Middlebush
Explore two examples of Black experiences and memories in Latin America. This event off ers the opportunity to look at the arts and identity, and the organization for rights and well-being. Revolutionary Medicine: A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital is an upbeat film about how an Afro-Indigenous community got fed up and built their own hospital. Nancy Morejon: Paisajes celebres is a documentary about the most widely translated Latin American poet. Her writing addresses contemporary issues of ethnicity, gender, history, and Afro- Cuban identity. Sponsored by: the MU Black History Month Committee, Voz Latina, Cambio Center, Department of Romance Languages
A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton
7:00 p.m. | Missouri Theatre
Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band will play a tribute to Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton
Sponsored by: ”We Always Sing” Jazz Series, The State Historical Society of Missouri
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Black AIDS Day
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Room 2205 A&B, Student Center
Come learn about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and update your status with free, rapid, and confi dential HIV testing administered by the Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services.
Sponsored by: Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative, Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, Multicultural Center
Film: Democrats
6:30 p.m. | Waters Auditorium, Waters Hall
Director Camilla Nielson’s film Democrats, takes an inside look at the process involved in writing and ratifying a democratic constitution for Zimbabwe.
Sponsored by: Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy