Friday, April 7th 2017, at 4:15pm, in Room 1107 of VCU's Academic Learning Commons (1000 Floyd Avenue, Richmond VA), Christine Darden, one of the aeronautical engineers who inspired Margot Lee Shetterly's book "Hidden Figures: the Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race," will speak at VCU.
Free, open to the public. The venue is wheelchair accessible with accessible bathrooms.
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Book talk, "Hidden Figures" with Margot Lee Shetterly: Library of Virginia
Tuesday, October 2th 2016, from 5:30-7:30pm, at the Library of Virginia (800 East Broad Street, Richmond VA), author Margot Lee Shetterly will speak on her new book, Hidden Figures, which tells the story of the pioneering African American women who did the calculations (by hand!) that made space flight possible, in a time when Jim Crow laws ensured that NASA was segregated.
Wine and cheese reception from 5:30-6pm, book talk from 6-7pm, and book signing from 7-7:30pm.
No cost is listed. To RSVP, see the link.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Showing of "Chisholm '72– Unbought and Unbossed": Virginia Historical Society
Thursday, October 20th 2016, from 6-9pm, at the Virginia Historical Society (428 North Boulevard, Richmond VA), there will be a screening of the documentary “Chisholm ‘72- Unbought and Unbossed,” on Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress (1968) and the first to run for president. This event is part of the Created Equal Film Series. From the event description:
“Chisholm ’72—Unbought & Unbossed (2005, 75 minutes) recounts the election of 1972 and the unlikely emergence of Shirley Chisholm, a determined, prim and unapologetically liberal black woman with a powerful message: Exercise the full measure of your citizenship and vote. Featuring archival footage, period music, interviews, and Chisholm’s own commentary, the film is a remarkable recollection of a campaign that broke new ground in politics, and truly reached out to the people—the poor, the young, minorities, gays, women, and other marginalized Americans.”
“Chisholm ’72—Unbought & Unbossed (2005, 75 minutes) recounts the election of 1972 and the unlikely emergence of Shirley Chisholm, a determined, prim and unapologetically liberal black woman with a powerful message: Exercise the full measure of your citizenship and vote. Featuring archival footage, period music, interviews, and Chisholm’s own commentary, the film is a remarkable recollection of a campaign that broke new ground in politics, and truly reached out to the people—the poor, the young, minorities, gays, women, and other marginalized Americans.”
The screening will begin at 6:30pm, with light refreshments available beforehand. The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP and for more information, see this link.
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