THE LEGACY 1619-2019 Join us as we recognize the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to North America and the ongoing experience of African Americans with a series of programming titled The Legacy 1619-2019. Programming reflects the journey of African Americans over four centuries and the hopes of a people, past and present, with historical reenactments, lectures, poetry readings, and panel discussions on a range of subjects. Each is a work in progress and is important in moving beyond the last 400 years.
Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 p.m. – Toni and Martin Sosnoff Theater, John Cranford Adams Playhouse, South Campus
Unheard Voices Conceived by Judy Tate
Unheard Voices is an original monologue piece, with singing and drumming, by the award-winning writers of the American Slavery Project. Based on specific burials, each monologue gives voice and honors those African descendants – enslaved and free – who were buried without their names in the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.
WALKING TOURS Saturday, September 21, 10 a.m. New York Slavery Tour – Africa Burial Ground Saturday, October 19, 9:30 a.m. Brooklyn and Abolition Tour Each tour will run for two hours. Advance registration is required. To register visit events.hofstra.edu/walkingtour.
Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 p.m. Fortunoff Theater, Monroe Lecture Hall South Campus COLSON WHITEHEAD is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad. His latest novel, The Nickel Boys, was published in July 2019.
Wednesday, September 25, 6:30 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus NATASHA TRETHEWEY served two terms as the 19th poet laureate of the United States (2012-2014) and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Wednesday, October 16, 11:15 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus DEBORAH GRAY WHITE, PHD Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History, Rutgers University
Tuesday, October 22 6 p.m., Documentary Screening: Strong Island; 8 p.m., Panel Discussion Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus LIVING ON LONG ISLAND WHILE BLACK: THE SUBURBAN SEARCH FOR JUSTICE Join us for a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary, followed by a panel discussion as they discuss and take questions from the audience on systemic racism in criminal justice. Thursday, October 23, 4:30 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus 1619-2019: THE QUEST FOR REPARATORY JUSTICE TO ACHIEVE MORE PERFECT UNION WITH DR. RON DANIELS In this presentation, Dr. Ron Daniels, will present a historic look at the centuries-old struggle for emancipation, and the current movement for reparations in the U.S. and its global implications.
Thursday, November 7, 4:30 p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus EDDIE S. GLAUDE JR., PHD Chair, Department of African American Studies James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies Princeton University
Wednesday and Thursday, November 20 and 21 Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice presents The Distinguished African Scholars and Writers Series Program Lecture Dr. Alain Lawo-Sukam (Cameroon) is a professor of Africana Studies and Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University. Sunday, November 24, 7 p.m. The Helene Fortunoff Theater Monroe Lecture Hall, South Campus The Hofstra Jazz Ensemble: The Annual Peter B. Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund Concert By the Virtue of the Blues Featuring Harlem’s Tina Fabrique, Broadway actress and vocalist. Thursday, December 5, 7:30 p.m. Kwanzaa Celebration Learn about the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. In collaboration with the Black Student Union.
All events are FREE and open to the public. For a full schedule of Legacy 1619-2019 programming events, please call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture. Join the #Hof1619 conversation on social media.