FOS: SAVE THE DATE: "Talking Black in America", Feb 28

[Suzanne Evans Wagner]

FOS,

Please save the date for a showing of the new 2017 documentary *Talking
Black in America, *February 28th, 6pm-8pm in B-310 Wells Hall. This event
will be in honor of Black History Month.

We have time for a discussion afterwards, and I welcome volunteers from
among this wonderful group to let me know if they'd be interested in
helping me to moderate it.

http://www.talkingblackinamerica.org

The documentary is executive produced by Walt Wolfram
<https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/wolfram> and created
with his Language
and Life Project <https://languageandlife.org/> team.

*"Talking Black in America *follows the unique circumstances of the
descendants of American slaves and their incredible impact on American life
and language. Speech varieties from the African American community reflect
the imprint of African language systems, the influences of regional British
and Southern American dialects, and the creativity and resilience of people
living through oppression, segregation and the fight for equality. Filmed
across the United States, Talking Black in America is a startling
revelation of language as legacy, identity and triumph over adversity. With
Reverend Jeremiah Wright, DJ Nabs, Professor Griff, Quest M.C.O.D.Y.,
Dahlia the Poet, Nicky Sunshine and many others."

Suzanne


-- 
Suzanne Evans Wagner
Associate Professor of Linguistics
B-401 Wells Hall
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

Tel: +1 (517) 355-9739
http://www.msu.edu/~wagnersu
sociolinguistics.linglang.msu.edu

Office hours: http://swagner.youcanbook.me

Associate editor, Linguistics Vanguard
<http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lingvan>
Co-editor, *Routledge Studies in Language Change
<http://www.routledge.com/books/series/RSLC/>*
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