<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> MSU Friends of Sociolinguistics,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I'll be screening the documentary <i>Talking Black in America </i>in honor of Black History Month next week. Produced by sociolinguist Walt Wolfram with the amazing North Carolina <a href="https://languageandlife.org/documentaries/talking-black-in-america/" title="https://languageandlife.org/documentaries/talking-black-in-america/"> Language and Life Project</a>, it's a phenomenal, public-facing celebration of Black speech in the United States. Please feel free to circulate this announcement. </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Suzanne</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b><a href="https://www.talkingblackinamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.talkingblackinamerica.org/" style="margin: 0px">Talking Black in America</a></b></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Documentary Screening</span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">B-106 Wells Hall</span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Friday, February 21st, 2:00 - 3:30 PM</span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>Free and open to the public, in honor of Black History Month</i></span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, system-ui, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed"> <span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="https://www.talkingblackinamerica.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.talkingblackinamerica.org/" style="margin: 0px"><i>Talking Black in America</i></a> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">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,<span> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>Talking Black in Americ</i>a<span> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">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.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed"> <br> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; margin-left: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed"> <font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Questions: Dr. Suzanne Wagner, wagnersu@msu.edu</font></p> </div> <br> </div> <div id="Signature"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>