Dr. Georgia M. Dunston's Lecture
On the week of September 8th, Dr. Georgia M. Dunston was scheduled to give a lecture on the topic, "Abandonment, Dismemberment and and Reawakening: The History and Legacy." She instead enlightened the class with information about the Human Genome. She gave facts like, " Each of us is unique... our genomes have unique sequences. Even identical twins have differing genome..." Although the lecture was insightful, I was confused throughout because looking at the title of the lecture and then listening to the lecture, the title and information did not match. This made it hard to consentrate. I just kept looking for the lecture to began. Overall, the information wasn't difficult to understand, it was simple biological information that many students learn in high school level biology. I do, however, wish I could have heard the lecture that was actually scheduled for that class period.
On the week of September 15th, Dr. Benjamin gave a lecture entitiled, The Eloquence of the scribes: Initiation, Expectations and Mastery- Continuing the Legacy of Howard University." the lecture began with he history of the scribes/ writing. The Scribes were first prevalent in Egypt. Scribes wrote books, about art, specific activities, and other observations. At that time the language was Cuniform. Scrolls were lost after printing and movable type were invented. From there, we were into the great scribes that created the history/"legacy" of Howard University and effected history in general. Those people included, General Oliver Otis Howard, the founder of Howard University, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson (Administration building), Inabel Burns Lindsay (first dean of social work), Albert I. Cassell (Architecture Building), Jesse Moorland and Author Spingarn (Moorland-Spingarn Research center), Alaine Leroy Locke (Locke Hall), LuLu Vere Childers (Childers Hall), Fredrick Douglass ()Douglass Hall), Zora Neale Hurston (The Hilltop), Ira Aldridge, Louis C. Cramton (Cramton Auditorium), Harriet Tubman (Tubman Quadrangle Dormatory), Sojourner Truth (Truth Hall),l Prudence Crandall (Crandall Hall), Phillis Wheatley (Wheatley Hall), Lucy Diggs Slowe (Slowe Hall), Mary McLead Bethune Annex (The Annex Dormatory), Charles R. Drew (Drew Hall), George Washington Carver (Carver Hall), Ernest Everett Just (Just Hall)... We were not able to finish all of the persons after which the buildings on campus are named after. I found the lecture very important, because i personally did not know the reason behind the naming of all the most of the buildings on campus. Also, I believe that it is always good to know more history about our people. I refuse to surcome to miseduation without a fight.
Dr. Caine O. Felder Lecture
The week of September 20th, Dr. Caine O. Felder gave a lecture entitled, "Practices of freedom and Justice". Throughout the lecture, one of the things that stood out the most, was the quote, "In time, all that is hidden will come to light." That, to me, has everything to do with justice. In the lecture, justice was defined as "the right relationship of fairness and balance" and I think everything coming to light is justice, when the truth can be seen and as just that, the truth. Freedom, the other main topic of the lecture, was defined as "an individual's or group's inalienable right to exercise choices, good or bad, in an unfiltered way." An example given aboutk freedom and the freedom to choose was the Holy Bible's famous story of Adam and Eve. Overall, I think the lecture was fairly effective, I wasn't sure of some of the example or references that were made, so I wasn't able to appreciate the 100%, but I definitely appreciated what I did understand and I learned quite a bit as well.
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