BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Events

February 24, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

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

Today: 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.

Monday: 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

Youngstown: Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., will have will have a talent show at 4 p.m. Sunday 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 present a free program. “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Eyes of the Poet” will be presented at 7 p.m. Monday 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: Choffin Career and Technical Center, 200 E. Wood St., will have a Black History Month program today. 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. Saturday at the Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave. The cost is $4 for adults; $3 for senior citizens; and $2 for children.

Source: YSU, Beulah Baptist Church, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Choffin Career and Technical Center.