BLACK HISTORY MONTH | YSU events

Wednesday: noon, Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center. “The Africanization of Israel-Ethiopian Jews, African labor Migrants and Asylum Seekers,” lecture by Dr. Galia Sabar, chairwoman of African Studies at Tel Aviv University.

Saturday: noon to 6 p.m., Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center. The African Marketplace, an opportunity for the public to sample jewelry, writings, goods and creations by African-American and African authors and artists that are rare and hard to find.

Feb. 8: 7 p.m., McDonough Museum of Art, Bliss Hall Gallery. Artist Hilton Murray, panel discussion. Murray works in graphic design, television production, advertising, art history and creates architectural structures reflecting a diversity of cityscapes.

Feb. 15: 7:30 p.m., Ohio Room, “Images of Youngstown: Landscapes in film and literature,” lecture by Derrick Jones, a filmmaker and instructor at Bowling Green University.

Feb. 22: 6:303 p.m., The Gallery, Kilcawley Center. African Movie Night with discussion following. “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.

Feb. 24: 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 includes parking, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

Feb. 25: 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: The true-life story of Henry “Box” Brown, the man who mailed himself out of slavery, will be presented through dramatic storytelling, original music and magic at 2 p.m. Feb. 12 at Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Avenue NW. The Black History Month program features Rory Rennick, known as “The Magistic,” who shares the story through a blend of theatrical magic and motivational insight. Brown escaped slavery by mailing himself in a wooden box from Richmond, Va., to Philadelphia in 1849. He became a speaker on the anti-slavery lecture circuit and later became a performer and magician. The program is especially for children age 6 to 12. Registration is not required.

Source: YSU, Warren-Trumbull County Public Library