October/November 2018 NC A&T FROM PAGE 1 (HBCUs).


colleges and universities “(HBCUs) infuse you with a


progressive spirit and a sense of mission,” he said. “To have you interacting with other talented, focused African Americans counters the stereotypes that we’re still getting.”


Holder mentioned that many


leaders of the Civil Rights Movement came from HBCUs and fought and sacrificed for the right for African Americans to vote.


“This is not a time for despair, this is the time for action,” Holder


said. “There is a debt we owe to those who died for our right to vote and (voting) is the way we say thank you.”


N.C. A&T Chancellor Harold L.


Martin Sr. has dedicated this month’s On Point podcast episodes to the November midterm elections and speaks with guests Charlie Collicutt, director of Guilford County Board of Elections about the importance of voting in local elections; Delaney Vandergrift, SGA president about how she is mobilizing her peers to the polls; and Ray Trapp, A&T’s director of external affairs about the university’s legislative priorities.


Texas Southern FROM PAGE 3


of theatre. "The First Breeze of Summer" was her TSU directorial debut 40 years ago in 1978.


The play is set in the late


1970s with recurring flashbacks of the major character, Grammar, who recalls the three men in her youth. The play stars TSU alumni Delisa Chatman and Rock Living, along with outstanding university students.


the


According to Jemison Pollard, play’s theme “drives home


the point that, although you may have had a series of setbacks in your youth, it should not affect your productivity in the present.” The play


Visual and Performing Arts


Week is free and open to the public with the exception of the play, which is $10 for general admission, $5 for students. For more information, please call (713) 313-1314 or pay by credit card at firstbreeze@brownpaper- tickets.com.


Other components of Visual and Performing Arts Week, all of


which will be held in the Ollington Smith Playhouse unless noted, include:


Mon., Nov. 12; 1 p.m.:


Workshop (“Acting is Believing”) by John-Michael Manley


Tues., Nov. 13: 11 a.m.:


Workshop (“Theatrical Makeup”) by Jessica Rodriguez; 1 p.m.: Lecture (“The Life of an Actress in H-Town”) by Shannon Emerick


Wed., Nov. 14: Noon: Lecture also addresses racial


and identity issues that serve to keep the action intense but with a heartwarming ending.


(“My Life in Hollywood”) by Roland Buck III (in the Granville Sawyer Auditorium); 2 p.m.: Workshop (“The Art of Show-BIZ”) Eileen Morris


Workshop (“Acting


Thurs., Nov. 15: 1 p.m.: for the


Camera”) by Steve Scott; 2:30 p.m.: Workshop (“Grad School Application Process”) by Laura Brown


Fri., Nov. 16: “Alumni


Day”; Noon: Presentation (“Short Films”) by Brandi Nicole; 1 p.m.: Lecture (“How to Publish Your Book”) by Shakita Prejean; 2 p.m.: Presentation (Backstage Prep for Children’s Theatre”) by Adrian Goodin


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