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Professor Daphne Brooks will discuss her new book “Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound” (Harvard UP, 2021) which explores more than a century of music archives to examine the critics, collectors, and listeners who have determined perceptions of Black women on stage and in the recording studio. Online, free and open to all with pre-registration. Online, free, and open to all with registration.

Join us for the launch of the Yale IPCH Public Talks: a series dedicated to exploring global perspectives and critical developments that impact cultural heritage preservation. In this inaugural event, this distinguished expert panel will contextualize the highly anticipated John Randle Centre for Yoruba History and Culture within the economic, social, and cultural landscape of Lagos, the most populous city on the African continent.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group for a National Work & Family Month Discussion with Camille J. Cooper, Ed.D. Camille will discuss the benefits of having a healthy work and family life balance. Today, our families come in all shapes and sizes. Between work, family, and personal life, we all face many responsibilities every day. Which is why finding a healthy balance among them all is so important.

The Black Panther movement played a pivotal role in New Haven during the 1970 May Day Rally. This student-curated exhibit explores the roles of the Black Panthers and Yale in creating a successful protest movement, representing the varying positions and perspectives that Yale affiliates and Black Panther organizers brought to the table in their disparate but related fights for justice and fairness.

Before Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Join the Afro-American Cultural Center and YSC for a screening of the award-winning documentary followed by a discussion with writer/director and former New Haven resident Melissa Haizlip and Yale Professors Thomas Allen Harris and Daphne A. Brooks. The topic will be “Making the Archive Public: Radical History in Public Television.”

Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of the documentary CODED BIAS, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Shalini Kantayya and computer scientist Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab.

Join the Yale African American Affinity Group, Working Women’s Network, and The New Haven Club of The National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Club’s Inc. for a virtual screening and discussion of The Trials of Constance Baker Motley with Constance Royster. The Trials of Constance Baker Motley is a short documentary that profiles one of the lesser-known, yet most influential players of the civil rights movement.

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In honor of Black History Month, the MBA for Executives and SOM Community & Inclusion are hosting a virtual panel discussion with SOM alumni Lofton Holder ‘90, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pine Street Alternative Asset Management and Jamila Abston ‘17, Partner at Ernst & Young LLP.

In celebration of Black History Month, please join us for 90 minutes of family fun, competing in 4 rounds of Black Trivia. Bring your family and your knowledge of our history. There will be 4 rounds of play to include: faces, places, music, and events. This event will be hosted by YAAA’s own Shana Jackson. Registration for this event is not required.

The Yale Peabody Museum’s annual MLK celebration has been reimagined and transformed into a digital festival experience. This year the Peabody is hosting a series of free, online programs with opportunities to engage in critical dialogue and enjoy storytelling, music, dance, and spoken word performances.