Elizabeth City State University News January 31, 2020 ECSU Celebrates Black History Month with an Eye on Voter Rights Elizabeth City State University is celebrating Black History Month with a series of events largely focused around this year's theme, "African Americans and the Vote." According to ECSU history professor, Dr. Melissa Stuckey, this year's activities include voter rights education and voter registration. The events begin Feb. 3 and run through Feb. 7. "We had a successful one-day voter registration drive in the fall semester and our goal is to improve on that while raising student voter registration and participation during this important election year," said Dr. Stuckey. Dr. Stuckey says the deadline for voter registration is Friday, Feb. 7. She said leading up to the deadline, there will be voter registration opportunities and voter education sessions across the campus, sponsored by the ECSU History Club. "Club members will be positioned in various campus buildings and events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day (throughout the week of Feb. 3)," said Dr. Stuckey. She said locations for registration include Johnson Hall, Gilchrist Complex, the STEM Complex, Jenkins Science Complex, the Ridley Student Center and evening athletic events. Other Black History Month events include: * Dr. Stuckey will discuss the work to rehabilitate the on-campus Rosenwald School and the Principal's House at the Pasquotank Public Library Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. * On Monday, Feb. 17, Dr. Glen Bowman will discuss the Civil Rights Movement lunch counter sit-ins in Elizabeth City. His talk will take place at the Gilchrist Complex at 3:30 p.m. * On Feb. 19 at 5 p.m., Dr. Latif Tarik will give a talk at the Pasquotank Public Library about the Maroon communities within the U.S. * On Thursday, Feb. 20, the ECSU University Choir will give a spoken word performance at the Arts of the Albemarle Third Thursday Jazz series in downtown Elizabeth City from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A bus will shuttle students to the event at 4:30 p.m. and return to campus at 7 p.m. Bus pick-up will be outside the ECSU Commuter Center/Bowling Alley. * Friday, Feb. 21 the ECSU Concert Band will give a "Tiny Desk" recording performance entitled "CTR: Check the Resume Unplugged" at 7 p.m. in room 206 of the Fine Arts building. * Dr. Kimberly Smith will lecture on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," Tuesday, Feb. 25 in room 138 of Johnson Hall at 3:30 p.m. * Dr. Glen Bowman will discuss "Celebrating a Tri-Centennial: Elizabeth City's African-American community and the pivotal year of 1919." The event will be held at the Pasquotank Public Library Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. * There will be a screening of "Just Mercy" at the RCE Theater in February, with a bus shuttling students. The day, time and pickup location will be announced later in month. For more information on ECSU's Black History Month events, contact Dr. Melissa Stuckey at mnstuckey@ecsu.edu<mailto:mnstuckey@ecsu.edu>, or Dr. Chas Reed at cvreed@ecsu.edu<mailto:cvreed@ecsu.edu> . SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/