ASUTR is celebrating Black History month by providing several events sponsored by the ASUTR Library, SGA and the Office of Community, Equity and Community Affairs. We are excited to have Brain Rodgers, the Community Relations Liaison and Historian from the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock come to ASUTR to extend his expertise. Mr. Rodgers received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees, in History, from the University of Arkansas Little Rock. His research interest include African American institutions in Arkansas between 1868 and 1920; their influence on the development of the African American communities in Central Arkansas and Emancipation Day celebrations in Arkansas. Mr. Rodgers is currently researching the rise of the Black middle class in Central Arkansas.
Mr. Rodgers will be presenting the following topic:
Fried Chicken to Fried Cabbage: A brief History of Soul Food
If you cannot make it in person a Zoom link is provided below.
https://asutr-edu.zoom.us/j/84645810661?
pwd=YUVKT0dtWXRNM1ZrTXEzY3REZE4rdz09
Meeting ID: 846 4581 0661
Passcode: 2mCeD8
Sponsored by the ASUTR Library and Student, Equity & Community Affairs
Questions please contact Dr. Kim Armstrong @ karmstrong@asutr.edu or Irene Girgente @ igirgente@asutr.edu
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