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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University's celebration of Black History Month, "Break the 28," continues throughout February with several events, including the Griot Institute series, "Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: An American Origin Story," which will feature lectures, a film and a soundscape.
Most events in the celebration, which is co-sponsored by the Griot Institute for Africana Studies, are open to the public without charge.
"These events are part of a larger semester-long series reflecting on the relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson," said Carmen Gillespie, director of the Griot Institute, professor of English and University Arts Coordinator at Bucknell.
The February events begin Wednesday, Feb. 1, with the talk, "Hemings, Callendar and Inter-racial Relationships in 18th-century Virginia," by Joshua Rothman at 7 p.m. in the Forum of the Elaine Langone Center.
Rothman directs the Summersell Center for the Study of the South at the University of Alabama, where he is also an associate professor of history and African American studies specializing in 19th-century America and the history of race and slavery. The author of Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 (2003) and Reforming America, 1815-1860 (2010), he is completing a book about the expansion of southwestern slavery and the cotton kingdom in the Age of Jackson.
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"The 'Break the 28' theme is a collaboration between the Griot Institute for Africana Studies and the Office of Multicultural Student Services," said Vincent Stephens, director of the Office of Multicultural Student Services at Bucknell.
"The phrase, coined by Bucknell international relations professor Hilbourne Watson, refers to a desire to envision African-American history as a vital part of American experience beyond the 28 days of February usually celebrated as Black History Month."
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