BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Events

BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Events

Listing of events at Youngstown State University and elsewhere for Black History Month, which is celebrated throughout February:

Tuesday: 6:30 p.m., The Gallery, Kilcawley Center. African Movie Night with discussion afterward. “Where the Water Meets the Sky” documents the story of women in a remote region of northern Zambia who are taught how to make a film as a way to speak about their experiences in the AIDS epidemic. “White King, Red Rubber and Black Death” portrays King Leopold II, the ruthless Belgian colonialist who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo as his private property and was responsible for the murder of 20 million Africans.

Thursday: 6:30 to 10 p.m., Youngstown Club, 201 E. Commerce St., Youngstown. “An Evening of Jazz” featuring Jeff Green and his band. Tickets are $50 per person and include parking, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

Friday: 7 p.m., The Gallery, “Blacks in the Military,” lecture by Yvonne Latty, born and raised in New York City. She is the director of the Reporting New York and Reporting the Nation programs at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU.

Feb. 28: 7 p.m., Ohio Room, “I Question America: The Legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer,” a play by E.P. McKnight, graduate of Fordham University, Lincoln Center, New York.

OTHER EVENTS

Warren: Black History Month activities are in Kent State University Trumbull Campus, Room 202, classroom/administration building. Dr. George Garrison of KSU will discuss “Africa & Africans in the Early Christian Bible and Early Christianity” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The lecture also will identify Africans who were popes in the early Catholic Church. Additionally, Lifeshare will conduct two blood drives from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday near the Classroom/Administration Building. For additional information regarding these events, contact Jacob Roope at 330-675-8858 or via e-mail at jroope@kent.edu.

Youngstown: Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., will have will have skits at 4 p.m. Sunday on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Harriett Tubman and other famous black Americans. At 4 p.m. Feb. 27, there will be a talent show featuring choirs, mime groups, dancers and those giving spiritual readings from churches in the city, Campbell, Liberty and Warren.

Youngstown: The Mahoning Valley Historical Society, the Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Berry-Williams Historical Society are pleased to present a free program. “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Eyes of the Poet” will be presented at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at St. Augustine Church, 614 Parmelee Ave., next to St. Elizabeth Health Center. Dr. Herbert Martin is professor of English and Poet-In-Residence at the University of Dayton. He teaches American and African-American Literature and has authored six books of poetry. He has been associated with Dunbar’s work for more than 20 years. For more information, contact the historical society at 330-743-2589 or visit www.mahoninghistory.org

Youngstown: The Mahoning Shenango Valley Historical Club will have a free program at 3 p.m. today at the main library, 305 Wick Ave.

Youngstown: A representative of the Youngstown unit of the NAACP and Judy Williams of Youngstown, a local historian for the black community, will speak at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the Carousel Center at Newport Branch library, 3730 Market St. The center provides several programs for adults who are developmentally disabled. The event is open to the public. The speakers will provide information on local black history, explain how the NAACP was formed, and also describe how the organization serves the public.

Youngstown: Choffin Career and Technical Center, 200 E. Wood St., will have a Black History Month program Thursday. The theme is “What You Do Today Will Determine What You Do In Your Future.” The presentation will be from 8:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The students will be divided into three sessions. The sessions are: Reflections by Dr. Martha Bruce, a teacher, administrator, author and professor in the educational sector for 60 years; you must know your past to predict your future by V. Adair, city school substitute teacher; and the Harlem Renaissance by Lynette Miller, former Youngstown school guidance counselor. One of the highlights will include the Harambee dancers from the Rayen Early College.

Youngstown: Steffon Wydell Jones will have a program on black Civil War soldiers buried at historic Oak Hill Cemetery at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave. The cost is $4 for adults; $3 for senior citizens; and $2 for children.

Source: YSU, The Carousel Center, Mahoning Shenango Valley Historical Club, KSU-Trumbull, Beulah Baptist Church, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Choffin Career and Technical Center.