{"id":1709,"date":"2019-01-22T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2019-01-22T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:03:26","slug":"monday-missive-january-21-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/mark-west\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/monday-missive-january-21-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive – January 21, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Honoring the Foremothers of the Civil Rights Movement<\/b>\u00a0— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played a pivotal role in America’s civil rights movement beginning in 1955, when he led the Montgomery bus boycott, and continuing until his death in 1968.\u00a0 However, King was not a lone voice in the wilderness.\u00a0 He was part of a larger movement that had its origins in the nineteenth century. \u00a0 Today, as we honor King’s many contributions to the civil rights movement, I think that we should also honor the people who helped give birth to this movement, many of whom were African American women.<\/p>\n

In her book titled\u00a0Freedom Narratives of African American Women:\u00a0 A Study of 19th Century Writings,\u00a0<\/i>Janaka Lewis examines the writings of several African American women who wrote about the meaning and importance of freedom.\u00a0 The writers that Janaka covers in her book include Harriet Jacobs, Ellen Craft, Charlotte Forten, Elizabeth Keckley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Anna Julia Cooper, and Lucy Craft Laney.\u00a0 As Janaka points out in her book, these women writers actively participated the national discourse about the changing definitions of freedom and citizenship.\u00a0 In the process, these women helped set the stage for the rise of the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century.<\/p>\n

Janaka will talk about\u00a0Freedom Narratives of African American Women<\/i>\u00a0later this month as part of the Personally Speaking Series.\u00a0 Her presentation will take place on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at UNC Charlotte Center City.\u00a0 The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m.\u00a0 A book signing and reception will follow her presentation. For more information and to RSVP, please click on the following link: \u00a0https:\/\/exchange.uncc.edu\/how-early-womens-writings-led-to-civil-rights-discourse\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Kudos<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u2014 As you know, I like to use my\u00a0Monday<\/span>\u00a0Missives<\/span>\u00a0to share news about recent accomplishments by members of the English Department.\u00a0 Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

Bryn Chancellor<\/b>\u00a0recently published an essay titled \u201cString, Too Short\u201d in\u00a0Brevity: A Concise Journal of Nonfiction.<\/i><\/p>\n

Juan Meneses<\/strong> recently introduced the Irish Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall, who gave a talk titled “A Virtuous Circle:\u00a0 Ireland, the E.U. and the U.S.” as part of the UNC Charlotte International Speakers Series.<\/p>\n

Jen Munroe<\/strong>‘s co-edited volume titled\u00a0Ecological Approaches to Early Modern Texts: A Field Guide to Reading and Teaching<\/i>\u00a0was reviewed in the most recent volume of\u00a0Sixteenth Century Journal<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Lara Vetter<\/strong>‘s A Curious Peril: H.D.’s Late Modernist Prose\u00a0<\/i>was reviewed in the most recent volume of the\u00a0Modern Language Review.<\/i><\/p>\n

Upcoming Events and Meetings<\/b>\u00a0— Here is a list of upcoming events and deadlines:<\/p>\n

February 1 — The 2018 Faculty Recognition Event will take place on February 1, 2019, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in the Harris Alumni Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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February 7 — Grace Ocasio will participate in a poetry reading at the Waccamaw Library on Pawleys Island, SC, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.<\/p>\n

Quirky Quiz Question<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 One of the books that Janaka examines in\u00a0Freedom Narratives of African American Women\u00a0<\/i>is a classic autobiography titled\u00a0Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>This book was originally published\u00a0under the pseudonym of Linda Brent.\u00a0 What is the real name of the author of this autobiography?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last week’s answer: deepest Peru<\/strong>
\nThe CLGO’s “Celebration of Paddington Bear” brings to mind Paddington Bear’s origin story.\u00a0 According to this story, in what country was Paddington Bear living before he moved to London?\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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