KENT STATE Black History Month

The lineup of Black History Month events at Kent State University's main campus in Kent. Visit www.kent.edu for the most up-to-date schedule of events.
Tuesday: Poetic Akhu Hip Hop, Spoken Word Poetry Revue, Rathskellar, Kent Student Center, lower level, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday: "Apollo Night" Amateur Contest, Ballroom, Kent Student Center, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday: Black Culture on Film Series "Deacons for Defense,"starring Forrest Whitaker, Mbari Mbayo Lecture Hall in Oscar Ritchie Hall, 8 p.m.; lecture by author Jawanza Kunjufu, Kiva room, Kent Student Center, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 11: "Blacks in the Media," a panel discussion, Ben Holbert, Dr. Fran Dorsey and Traci Easley, Mbari Mbayo Lecture Hall, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 7:30 p.m.; Women's Leadership Initiative, "Black Women Rising," by Dr. Angela Neal Barnett, Governance Chambers, Kent Student Center, call KSU for the time; Student Multicultural Center Soup & amp; Substance Series "The Academic STARS Retention Model: An Empirical Investigation into the Use of Rites of Passage as a Process to Increase the Retention, Graduation Rate and Grade Point Average of African American Students," by Dr. Lathardus Goggins II, Room 206, Kent Student Center, noon to 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 12: The play: "Black Love, White Lies," Kiva, Kent Student Center, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 13: Black Culture on Film Series "Hollywood Shuffle," starring Robert Townsend, Mbari Mbayo Lecture Hall, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 8 p.m.; the play, "2004 Black Broadway," Auditorium Building, 8 p.m.
Feb. 16: Upward Bound, "Day In The Life," Kiva, Kent Student Center, daylong program.
Feb. 18: "Hip Hop and Academia: A Dialogue," by Russell Simmons, Ballroom, Kent Student Center, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 19: "The Life and Times of Martin R. Delaney," Larry Crowe, producer/interviewer for "The History Makers," Mbari Mbayo Lecture Hall, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 6:30 p.m.; Harambee/Alpha Psi Lambda Open Mike Poetry Night, Room 107 A, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 20: Black Culture on Film Series "The Life and Death of Malcolm X" (a documentary), Mbari Mbayo Lecture Hall, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 8 p.m.
Feb. 23: Voices of Testimony, Ballroom, Kent Student Center, 7 p.m.; "The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement," by Robert Moses, a 1960s civil rights activist, Room 306, Kent Student Center, 7 p.m.
Feb. 24: "Bad Boys II," starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Admission is donated books for African children as part of the Book Drive for Africa, Kiva, Kent Student Center, 7 p.m.
Feb. 24: Pearl Slam, "Poetic Expressions About Real Life," African Community Theatre, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 7:20 p.m.
Feb. 25: Wick Series Poetry Night featuring
Herbert Woodward Martin, African Community Theatre, second floor, Oscar Ritchie Hall, 7:30 p.m.; Black United Students/Afrikan Heritage Week, Bi-Okoto Drum & amp; Dance, Theatre Ballroom, Kent Student Center, 7 p.m.
Feb. 26: African Nights (annual food and cultural celebration) and Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, Admission: $13 (includes Taste of Africa and entertainment), ballroom, Kent Student Center, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Z.H.O.P.E. (Zetas Helping Other People Excel) Program, Student Recreation and Wellness Center, 7:20 p.m.
Feb. 27: Center of Pan-African Culture
panel discussion: "Looking Back to Look Forward: The Brown Decision 50 Years Later," African Community Theatre, Oscar Ritchie Hall, second floor, time to be announced.
Feb. 28-29: The play "Young Minds Speak," African Community Theatre, Oscar Ritchie Hall, second floor, admission: $5 adults, $3 students, 8 p.m.
Source: Kent State University