More than just a month
COLLEGE SCREENS FILM THAT QUESTIONS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
BY MIKE'STRICKLAND
STAFF W R ITER
sòhCft© by Jared Preble
T h e film w as sh o w n by th e
M u lticu ltu ra l C enter at C lackam as
Com m unity College with the objective
o f in sp irin g dialogue around Black
H istory M on th as a w h o le. Several
attendees stayed after to engage in a
discussion.
Í “ We did a collab oration w ith the’
library, because we wanted to show
an e d u c a tio n a l d o c u m e n t a r y ,”
sa id D a n ie la L e a o , w h o w o rks
w ith in tern atio n al stu d e n ts at the
M ulticultural Center. “ We wanted to
bring a different awareness about the
month and each heritage month we try
to do either an event or an education
program about i t .” -
Hannah Hitz, also of the Multicultural
Center,; said, “ This one really stuck out
to me because it’ s such a provocative
question: should we end Black History
Month? That’ s different than normal.
I th ou gh t it was a good question to
pose to a com munity th at’ s not used
to change, kind o f going against the
grain .”
“ End Black History M onth” reads the
sign that film m áker Shukree Hassan
Tilghm an wears in Times Square.
Mo, h e ’ s n ot a K ian m em b er.
T ilgh m an is a 2 0 -so m e th in g b lack
m ale questioning why black history
is reduced to one month out of the year
rather than sim ply b ein g integrated
into A m ericanhistory in general.
Tilghman’s documentary “ More Than
a M o n th ” was shown in the Cougar
Café to students and staff on Feb. 20.
The film cen ters on th is issye
and shows h im travelin g to several
lo c a tio n s acro ss th e co u n try to
meet with a variety of people. Those
he m eets w ith in clu d e s How ard
U niversity historian and director of
the Association for the Study o f African
American Life and History Daryl Scott,
an advertising firm that specializes in
m arketing products to black people
during black history m onth and even
the So n s o f Confederate V eteran s,
whom Tilghman manages to find many
sim ilarities with.
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Students and staff watch “ More Than a Month” on Feb. 20 in the Cougar Café.
Ariane Mabano said the goal of the
movie was “ to show that BHM shpuld
be more than a month and should be
included into American history.”
“ It sh o u ld be so m e th in g th a t
shouldn’t just be lim ited to like one
month of the year and the rest of the
time should be forgotten,” Mabano said.
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Hitz said, “ I didn’ t have much of an
expectation for who was going to show
up. I definitely think there is abigger
population to reach out to .”
H itz added “ O ur goal w ould be
co n tin u in g th is into other m o n th s,
not just Black History M o n th .”
Black History Crossword
1. This singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist
wrote the song "A Natural Woman.”
2. This civil rights activist wrote the famous speech
"Atlanta Compromise."
3. This agricultural scientist developed hundreds of
products using peanuts, soybeans and sweet
potatoes.
4. A group of all African American military pilots
who served in World War II.
5. An engineer whose success of oil-drip ci|p
invention coined the phrase "The real McCoy."
6. The firs t woman of African American decent and
Native American decent to acquire a pilot's license.
7. This child was the firs t to desegregate an all
white school in Louisiana.
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February 27, 2019