{"id":4765,"date":"2019-02-18T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T10:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:30:07","slug":"celebrate-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2019\/02\/18\/celebrate-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Black History Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4771 \" src=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Black-History-Month-2019-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Black History Month book display\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Black-History-Month-2019-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Black-History-Month-2019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Black-History-Month-2019-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Black-History-Month-2019.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/>Hi Matadors! February is Black History Month and we invite you to join the Oviatt and campus\u00a0to celebrate with many events. Don&#8217;t miss the book display in the Library Learning Commons which features\u00a0works by many accomplished writers, leaders, and\u00a0scholars. Any one of the titles that include memoirs, personal writings, fiction, nonfiction,\u00a0and short stories\u00a0will surely inspire.<\/p>\n<p>Also, feel free to\u00a0check out the digital exhibits and videos that will be shown on our Media Wall in the ASRS Viewing Room, Main Floor, East Wing of the Oviatt Library. The Martin Luther King Jr. &#8220;I Have a Dream Speech,&#8221; and two slideshows &#8211; a 50 years of Photographic History\u00a0and a\u00a0Loren Miller Slideshow are just a few of the digital exhibits and videos that will be displayed.<\/p>\n<p>Campus events that celebrate Black History Month include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awakening Consciousness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Black History Month Kickoff Legacy Lecture featuring Leslie Small, Ph.D. (Director, Producer, Intellectual) &#8212; This is a free event.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 1, 2019 11:00am &#8211; 1:00pm Flintridge Room (University Student Union)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fannie Lou Hamer Story; &#8220;I&#8217;m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A one woman play written and performed by Mzuri Aimbaye.\u00a0 This is a free event.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm &#8211; 6:00pm Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall (University Student Union)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Life after Athletics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Student Athlete Alumni Panel &#8220;Dream More Than Once.&#8221; This is a free event.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, February 25, 2019 5:00pm &#8211; 6:30pm Grand Salon (University Student Union)<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/events\/bhm-2019\">events page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Matadors! February is Black History Month and we invite you to join the Oviatt and campus\u00a0to celebrate with many events. Don&#8217;t miss the book&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2019\/02\/18\/celebrate-black-history-month\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrate Black History Month!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,289,5,9],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-4765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-exhibit","category-learning-commons","category-reading-2","tag-black-history-month","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4765"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5222,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4765\/revisions\/5222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}