WNYmedia.net » Buffalo Public Schools http://wnymedia.net Local News Worth Sharing Thu, 24 May 2012 23:08:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Eye on History Library Presentations http://wnymedia.net/eye-on-history-library-presentations/ http://wnymedia.net/eye-on-history-library-presentations/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:14:05 +0000 Tom Schuh http://wnymedia.net/?p=157521 A series of six multimedia presentations entitled Eye on History will be presented by local African American writer and educator Eva M. Doyle at the Central Library in downtown Buffalo beginning Friday, February 10, 2012.  All of the programs are free and open to the public from Noon – 1:00 p.m. in the Library’s Ring of Knowledge on the main floor. Presentation topics will range from teaching African American history in the schools, to the contributions of local Black women, to the meaning and history behind the annual Juneteenth celebration.

Ms. Doyle was an elementary school teacher with the Buffalo Public Schools for 30 years retiring in 2004.

She is the author of 11 books on African American history.  For the past 33 years Ms. Doyle has written a weekly Eye on History column first for the Challenger in 1979 and continuing to this day in the Criterion newspaper.  Ms. Doyle has received numerous awards including Woman of the Year from UMOJA, Inc.; the Service to Education Award from the Stop the Violence Coalition; and the Community Service award from Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

 

Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski said, “We are so pleased Eva Doyle is bringing her lifelong experiences about the culture, history and traditions of African Americans to the Library. I know these will be very interesting, enriching and positive messages for the entire community.”

 

The full schedule of Eye on History presentations includes:

·         Friday, February 10, Noon – 1p.m.

Teaching African American History in the Schools Part I.

 

·         Friday, February 17, Noon – 1p.m.

Teaching African American History in the Schools Part II.

 

·         Thursday, March 22, Noon – 1p.m.

In observance of Women’s History Month, Contributions of local African American Women.

 

·         Friday, April 13, Noon – 1p.m.

The History of Haiti

 

·         Friday, May 25, Noon – 1p.m.

The Tuskegee Airmen and Jessie Clipper, Buffalo’s first African American to die in World War I .

 

  • Wednesday, June 13, Noon – 1p.m

History and Meaning of Juneteenth

 

For more information on Library programming or events visit www.BuffaloLib.org or 716-858-8900.

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