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Mary Heady Library Celebrates Black History Month and Valentine's Day Calling all student organizations! The library needs your help! The library is looking to host exhibits from student organizations in one of its display cases each month. This is a great opportunity to let the campus know more about your organization. Contact Special Collections and Reference Librarian Mary Heady for details. February is Black History Month, a month designated to remember and honor African Americans who have made significant contributions to the development of the United States. The University of Arkansas Special Collections Department in Fayetteville developed a poster series highlighting the biographies of five African American Arkansans. Titled "Sharing Our Heritage: Amazing African American Leaders of Arkansas," the exhibit features the lives of the following individuals: ˇ Scott Winfield Bond (1852-1933), farmer and businessman ˇ Daisy Bates, civil rights activist and newspaper publisher ˇ Silas Herbert Hunt (1922-1949), the first African American to be admitted to the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville ˇ Charlotte Stephens (1854-1951), educator ˇ Joseph Carter Corbin (1833-1911), educator and civic leader Feb. 14 marks Valentine's Day. Stop by the library and see the displays.
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Sandra Campbell UAM Library Features Joy of Reading Night Feb. 22 The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Fred J. Taylor Library will host the Joy of Reading Night Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m., in Library Conference Room A. The Taylor Library brings this event to UAM in conjunction with the National Association of University Women, the UAM Student Activities Board, the Monticello Public Library and the Monticello Bookgroup. The NAUW marked the week of Feb. 18 – 24 of this year as Reading Jubilee Week. In celebration of this week, the NAUW encourages its branches to sponsor programs in local libraries, community centers, churches or schools to share with people of all ages the joys of reading. The Taylor Library will celebrate by featuring the Pennsylvania playwright August Wilson. Just before his death in 2005, Wilson completed a 10-play epic chronicling the African-American experience, with each play representing a different decade throughout the 20th Century. The Joy of Reading Night will feature three of the ten plays, covering the 1910s, the 1930s and the 1950s. Members of the Monticello Bookgroup will lead the review of Wilson’s play, give a biographical background, and lead an open discussion. Lanee Dunlap, reference, systems and electronic resources librarian of the Taylor library, will discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning “Fences” (1987). Federal Programs Coordinator and District Assessment Coordinator for the Monticello School District, Bettye Gragg will review “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” (1984). UAM Upward Bound Expansion Counselor Regina Jacob will lead a discussion on “The Piano Lesson” (1990), which also won a Pulitzer Prize. Sandra Campbell, director of the Taylor library, will provide a biographical background of Wilson. The event will conclude with an open discussion on Wilson and his plays. The Joy of Reading Night with
August Wilson is free and open to the public, and no reservations
are needed. The Student Activities Board will provide refreshments
for the event. For more information, contact Sandra Campbell at
460-1080 or
campbell@uamont.edu.
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