Tomorrow's Lyceum series presents "A Conversation — African American Images in Television and Film." The guest panelists are Lance Gross and Brian J. White. The event will take place in the B.N. Duke Auditorium at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
White is best known for his role in the television series "Moesha" and his role of Big Brother in "Stomp the Yard." Gross is known for playing the role of "Calvin Payne" on the TBS comedy series "House of Payne."
He also appeared in Tyler Perry's movie "Meet the Browns." The evening's discussion topic is "the impact of images on our society."
The moderators will be Charmaine McKissick –Melton, associate professor and coordinator of mass communications and mass communications senior Zevandah Barnes.
Barnes expressed how elated he was about moderating the event. "I'm glad the faculty has faith in my abilities as a moderator, and as a student," said Barnes.
David S. Hood, associate dean of the university college said that this Thursday's event will resemble a Tavis Smiley town hall talk show.
Students will be able to tweet their questions in to the panelists using the hash tag #NCCUnivcollege. The questions will appear on a large screen during the event.
"It would be a travesty for the students not to take advantage of these opportunities presented before them," Hood said.
"They would look back ten or fifteen years from now and say, wow I missed out on that opportunity." Mass communications junior Gabe Aikens is looking forward to the lyceum as an opportunity to learn more about his intended profession.
"I hope they talk about what we can do to get more of us in the media field," said Aikens.
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