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The events that led to the unionization of a Smithfield hog plant and past and present civil rights struggles will be discussed February 24-25 during “The Spirit of Social Activism,” a Black History Media Festival being hosted by Bennett College. Sponsored by the Bennett College Department of Journalism and Media Studies, the two-day festival begins Friday and is free and open to the public. All events will be held in the Global Learning Center. “We are excited about the Black History Media Festival because it allows us to share social activism stories with the public, including a little-known civil rights …

During a speech in which she invoked prominent women including Shirley Chisholm, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama and Virginia Woolf, Sen. Gladys A. Robinson on Thursday encouraged Bennett College students to embrace the power of womanhood and to constantly reach higher. Robinson, a 1971 graduate of Bennett College, delivered the keynote address at the institution’s Honors Day Convocation, which began at 11 a.m. inside the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel. Interim Provost Steve Willis presided over the ceremony. Other participants included graduating senior Jazmyn Alston, who read Proverbs 4:5-9, College Chaplain the Rev. Dr. Natalie McLean, who gave the invocation and benediction, …

The UNCG Department of Media Studies is pleased to announce that the documentary “Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights” will be screened at the 2017 Black History Media Festival, an event hosted by Bennett College. The theme this year is “The Spirit of Social Justice”. “Union Time” was produced and directed by Matthew Barr, Professor in UNCG’s Media Studies Department. The film tells the story of one of the greatest union victories of the 21st century—the fight to organize Smithfield Foods’ pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. From 1993 to 2008, workers struggled against dangerous working conditions, intimidation, …

A Talk by Peter H. Wood Emeritus Professor of History, Duke University Thursday February 23, 2017, 6 PM Bennett College Pfeiffer Chapel This event is sponsored by the Department of Humanities at Bennett College in partnership with the Department of History at North Carolina A&T University.  Visitor parking is available behind Pfeiffer Chapel and in the lot near the corner of Washington and Bennett Streets. The talk will be held at Bennett College’s historic Pfeiffer Chapel at 900 E. Washington St, Greensboro, NC 27401 on February 23, 2017 at 6 pm.  This event is free and open to the public. …