Event Calendar
BHM: African-American Architecture – Historic Preservation Talks
Part of Black History Month 2024
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Classroom Building, Room CLA 200, Auditorium – SUNY Westchester Valhalla and Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 813 4977 2536
Passcode: 092401
Presenters: Alan Strauber & Professor Sara Mascia
Hosts: Dr. Sherry Mayo and Dorothy Posada
African-American Architecture: Vertner Woodson Tandy and Villa Lewaro – Alan Strauber, Speaker
A discussion of the first professionally registered African-American architect in New York State and his Irvington-on-Hudson design for Madam C.J. Walker. Walker, a successful African-American businesswoman, who became one of the wealthiest independent African-American women of her time.
A Nineteenth Century African-American Entrepeneur in Rye: Archaeology at the Voris Site – Sara Mascia, Speaker
An examination of the ongoing archaeological dig at the site of the home of William Voris, a successful African-American business owner, and his family in the village of Rye.
Attend via Zoom
Meeting ID: 813 4977 2536
Passcode: 092401
National Theme – African Americans & the Arts –Association for the Study of African American Life & History (ASALH)
ASALH Mission:
To promote, research, preserve, interpret & disseminate information about Black Life, history, & culture to the global community.
For more information, please contact:
Professor Donnie Simmons, Sr.
Black History Month, Chair
Don.Simmons@sunywcc.edu