{"id":11603,"date":"2020-02-20T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/?p=11603"},"modified":"2020-02-27T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:47:26","slug":"students-explore-themes-of-struggle-and-freedom-through-works-of-black-poets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/students-explore-themes-of-struggle-and-freedom-through-works-of-black-poets\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Explore Themes of Struggle and Freedom Through Works of Black Poets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11608 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons.jpg\" alt=\"poetry corner bhm\" width=\"352\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/black-poets-learning-commons-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Skyline College Library was pleased to welcome 35 students from Professor Williams and Professor Lachmayr\u2019s classes for a thought-provoking hour as Dr. Bianca Rowden-Quince read a selection of works by some of her favorite black poets. The event, in part of the Library\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BHMLibrary\">Poetry Corner Series<\/a>, highlighted poems that speak to the African American experience, beginning with her own.<\/p>\n<p>First up was Useni Eugene Perkins\u2019 \u201cHey Black Child,\u201d a poem that Dr. Rowden-Quince herself recited on stage when she was five. She continued reading across the century with powerful poems by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Tupac Shakur, Alice Walker and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SleepingWDictionary\">Dr. Harryette Mullen<\/a>. Students shared their thoughts on common themes expressed by the poems\u00a0such as the freedom to be oneself, the solitude of living on the fringe and struggles with systems of visible and invisible oppression.<\/p>\n<p>One student read aloud a passage from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NewJimCrowBook\"><em>The New Jim Crow<\/em><\/a>\u00a0echoing Maya Angelou\u2019s poem, \u201cWhy the Caged Bird Sings.\u201d Another student spoke frankly to her own reality: \u201cWe have to act a certain way just so we can live.\u201d Another explained, in reference to his own coming out \u201cWe don\u2019t even know\u00a0<em>we\u2019ve been caged<\/em>\u00a0until we\u2019ve managed to free ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Poetry Corner series seeks to bring our community together to foster commonalities and shared experiences within a safe environment. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PoetryCornerBH\">Dr. Rowden-Quince&#8217;s poetry selections <\/a>\u00a0or check out works by a century of black poets on display in the Library lounge area throughout February.<\/p>\n<p>Please also join us at the Library on\u00a0<strong>March 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0for a celebration of women\u2019s history through poetry hosted by Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics Maryam Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about bringing your class to the Library? Please contact Outreach and Equity Librarian Pia Walawalkar at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:walawalkars@smccd.edu\">walawalkars@smccd.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Poetry Corner Series is supported by a President\u2019s Innovation Fund award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article by Jessica Silver-Sharp | Photo by Ricardo Coronado<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, Skyline College Library was pleased to welcome 35 students from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}