Son of Ray Charles to speak, screen film, chat with students in Youngstown

Son of Ray Charles to speak, screen film, chat with students in Youngstown

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Ray Charles Robinson Jr., the oldest son of music icon Ray Charles, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, in Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University as part of the Skeggs Lecture Series. The title of the lecture is

“Character, Education, Self-Reliance and Intellectual Independence.”

The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Free parking is available in the M1 parking deck on Wick Avenue. For more information, contact the YSU Office of Alumni and Events at 330-941-3497.

In addition to the public lecture, Robinson will attend a screening of the movie about his father, “Ray,” at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 in the auditorium of Williamson Hall . The screening and question-and-answer session that ollows are free and open to the public.

Robinson will also visit Williamson Elementary School in Youngstown at 10 a.m. Feb. 15, to talk with students about character. And at noon that day, Robinson will attend a performance by students in YSU’s jazz program at the Butler Institute of American Art.