African American Cultural Center
AACC Programs
Each year the AACC offers a variety of programs designed to highlight the contributions that people of African descent have made to world culture.
Programming includes:
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Martin Luther King Celebration! This event will be
held on Feb.17, 2009 at 6 p.m. in the University Union, Potomac Lounge
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Black History Month programs
(lectures, performances, film screenings and symposia)
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Black Student Leadership Training -- for future leaders
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Distinguished Black Scholars
Lecture Series - Look out for further details.
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Cultural/Educational Field Trips,
like Southern Exposure. In March of 2005, the African
American Cultural Center and Hillel of Towson
University organized Southern Exposure, an Alternative
Spring Break. Students traveled to Alabama, Georgia
and other stops during spring break, timed to coincide
with the 40th anniversary of the March for Voters
Rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A
similar event will be advertised soon.
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1912-2006
Towson University acknowledges the passing of famed
photojournalist, Gordon Parks.
In May 2001, the African
American Cultural Center, along with the College of Fine Arts and
Communications, awarded Gordon Parks with an honorary degree of
Doctor of Humane Letters.
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