{"id":58594,"date":"2014-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/black-enterprise-magazine-president-writer-and-filmmaker-to-give-talks-at-uri-to-celebrate-black-history-month\/"},"modified":"2014-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"black-enterprise-magazine-president-writer-and-filmmaker-to-give-talks-at-uri-to-celebrate-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/black-enterprise-magazine-president-writer-and-filmmaker-to-give-talks-at-uri-to-celebrate-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Enterprise magazine president, writer, and filmmaker to give talks at 溏心vlog免费B站 to celebrate Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEvents are free, open to entire 溏心vlog免费B站 community<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Jan. 15, 2014 \u2013 Earl \u201cButch\u201d Graves Jr., chief executive officer of the pioneering Black Enterprise magazine, will speak at the 溏心vlog免费B站 next month to celebrate Black History Month. <\/p>\n


\nGraves will talk about African Americans and economic development Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Galanti Lounge at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Robert L. Carothers Library on the Kingston campus. The talk is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\nGraves is a son of Earl G. Graves Sr., the founder and publisher of Black Enterprise and one of the most prominent African American businessmen in the country.<\/p>\n


\nAs president and CEO of Black Enterprise, the younger Graves is responsible for strategic planning of the company, which includes magazine publishing, television production, digital media, and business and lifestyle events.<\/p>\n


\nGraves joined his father\u2019s company in 1988 after earning his master\u2019s degree in business administration from Harvard University. After holding several positions in marketing and advertising, he was appointed chief operating officer in 1998 and named CEO in 2006. <\/p>\n


\nUnder his guidance, the magazine has expanded readership to more than 4 million, revitalized its multimedia website and iPad edition, and launched broadcasts of \u201cOur World with Black Enterprise\u201d and the \u201cBlack Enterprise Business Report\u201d into television syndication.<\/p>\n


\nGraves received his bachelor\u2019s degree in economics from Yale University in 1984. As a four-year starter and captain of the Yale basketball team, he became the university\u2019s all-time leading scorer and finished his college basketball career as the second leading scorer in Ivy League history. Graves was drafted in the third round by the NBA\u2019s Philadelphia 76ers and had a brief professional basketball career with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站 is also hosting Anne C. Bailey, a writer and professor of Africana Studies at Binghamton University, the State University of New York. Bailey will talk about African Americans and higher education Feb. 17 at 3 p.m., also in the Galanti Lounge.<\/p>\n


\nBailey\u2019s research centers on the history of the Atlantic slave trade and its impact on Africa and its worldwide diaspora. Her recent book, African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and Shame, looks at memories of the slave trade from the African perspective. <\/p>\n


\nBorn in Jamaica, Bailey\u2019s work has been influenced by living in Paris, London, and West Africa. After immigrating to New York City, where she attended high school, Bailey studied English and French at Harvard University and obtained her doctorate in African history and African diaspora studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Bailey will sign copies of her new book after the talk.<\/p>\n

The other speaker is filmmaker Michael Costa, who will show a screening of his film, \u201cProud to be Cape Verdean: A Look at Cape Verdeans in the Golden State.\u201d The film will be shown Feb. 19 at 3 p.m., also in the Galanti Lounge. A question-and-answer session will follow.<\/p>\n


\nThe film captures the essence of the Cape Verdean community in California through interviews, photographs, and oral histories and shows how Cape Verdeans in America strive to maintain ties to their robust culture.<\/p>\n


\nAlso, a panel of 溏心vlog免费B站 professors will talk about African Americans and the law Feb. 24 at 5 p.m., also in the Galanti Lounge, and 溏心vlog免费B站 students will perform African American spirituals and read slave narratives Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. at the Multicultural Center.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information, please contact Vanessa Wynder Quainoo, director of the Africana Studies Program at 溏心vlog免费B站, at 401-874-2536 or Vquainoo@mail.uri.edu<\/a>. The program\u2019s website is Africana Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nThe theme of this year\u2019s Black History Month at 溏心vlog免费B站 is \u201cAfrican American Progress in the 21st Century.\u201d All talks and events are free and open to the entire 溏心vlog免费B站 community.

\n\u201cWe are very excited about the theme and the opportunity to engage the campus in an important national conversation about African American history and progress,\u201d said Quainoo. \u201cThat conversation is an expansive one, embracing the improvement of race relations and ultimately a better quality of life for all people.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBlack History Month is an annual observance in the United States to remember and honor people and events in the African disapora. It is celebrated annually in the United States in February.<\/p>\n


\nPhotos above: Earl \u201cButch\u201d Graves Jr., CEO and president of Black Enterprise magazine; Anne Bailey, professor of Africana Studies at Binghamton University, the State University of New York; and Michael Costa, a filmmaker. Photos courtesy of the speakers.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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