BLACK HISTORY MONTH | Scheduled events in the region

A list of area events to commemorate in February, which is Black History Month, as submitted to The Vindicator:

MAHONING COUNTY

Today: Reception, 5 p.m., Youngstown State University, Bliss Hall Art Gallery, panel discussion: African American Art.

Today: Black History Month Family Story Time Celebration, 6 p.m., Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, Newport Branch, 3730 Market St., Youngstown.

Friday: “Black Arts and The Civil Rights Movement,” keynote by Mwatabu S. Okantah, 7 p.m., The Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU.

Saturday: Save Nubia Project Seminar led by Professor Manu Ampim, 1 p.m., St. Augustine Church, 614 Parmelee Ave., Youngstown.

Saturday: Black History Program involving a play, singing, visual arts, and a book reading, 7 to 9 p.m., Method 8, 4800 Market St., Boardman. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Call 330-781-7110 to reserve.

Sunday: Black History Program involving a play, singing, visual arts, and a book reading, 4 to 6 p.m., Method 8, 4800 Market St., Boardman. Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Call 330-781-7110 to reserve.

Sunday: Rev. Walter Gillespie of Church of Faith, Liberty, will discuss black Americans and their youth in 2013, 4 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., Youngstown.

Tuesday: “With Grace I Stand,” a one-woman play by E.P. McNight, 7 p.m., The Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU.

Tuesday: “The Storm, The Whirlwind & the Earthquake: Perspectives into the Black Abolitionist’s Movement” lecture, 7 p.m., Tyler Mahoning Valley History Center, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown.

Next Wednesday: “Take Me Back to the Ball Game,” with presenter and speaker James Cobbin, 1 p.m., Choffin Commons at Choffin Career and Technical Center, 200 E. Wood St., Youngstown.

Next Wednesday: “Black History Time Machine” family night, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Horizon Science Academy, 3403 Southern Blvd., Youngstown.

Feb. 21: “African Culture Heritage: Missing Values in the Quest for Modernism,” lecture by Emmanuel Christian Nyarko, 7 p.m., The Gallery Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU.

Feb. 23: African Musical Extravaganza, an assortment of jazz, rock, pop and “Afrijam” music, 7 p.m., Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU.

Feb. 23: Sports Hall of Fame member Ted Toles Jr. will discuss his time as pitcher in the Negro Baseball League, noon to 4 p.m., Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, East Branch, 430 Early Road, Youngstown.

Feb. 23: Historical African-American wax museum, hosted by Horizon Academy third- graders, 11 a.m. to noon, Horizon Science Academy, 3403 Southern Blvd., Youngstown.

Feb. 24: Black history event with skits on famous black Americans, flag dancers and spiritual readings, 4 p.m., Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., Youngstown.

Feb. 24: A discussion with Elder Christ Moorer of the Pavilion of Praise Church of God in Christ, Akron, 6 p.m., Bethel Church of God in Christ, 3147 Glenwood Ave., Youngstown. Topic: “Do You Hear the Word or just Words?”

Feb. 25: Black Faculty Research Showcase, presenters include Frank Akpadock and Victor Wan-Tatah, 7:30 p.m., Jones Room, Kilcawley Center, YSU.

Trumbull COUNTY

Thursday: “Frederick and Harriet Loudin: a 19th Century African-American Power Couple,” speech by Pan-African studies professor Christina McVay, 3:30 p.m., administration building lower commons, Kent State University at Trumbull, 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Champion. Discussion will explore the lives of Ravenna native Frederick Loudin, a singer and civil-rights activist, and his wife, Harriet.

Saturday: Local author and poet Jeanne Bryner will present her stories and memories about Helen Albert, civil-rights activist and first African-American registered nurse in Trumbull County, 2 p.m., Newton Falls Public Library, 204 S. Canal St., Newton Falls.

Tuesday: “Mercer Cook and Leopold Sedar Senghor: Two Major Pan-African Diplomats and Literarians,” speech by associate professor Dr. Babacar M’Baye, 3:30 p.m., administration building lower commons, Kent State University at Trumbull. Babacar will explore the relationship between diplomat Mercer Cook and politician and activist Leopold Senghor.

Feb. 19-20: “A Blood Drive: How is that linked to Black History Month?” discussion by Dr. Charles Drew, an authority on blood collection and plasma processing, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., administration building, Kent State University at Trumbull. Blood drives will take place in coordination with the discussions.

Next Wednesday: Black History celebration with guest speakers, 9:15 to 10:30 a.m., Lincoln K-8, 2253 Atlantic St. NE, Warren.

Feb. 24: The Warren Civic League celebrate its annual Black History Month program at 4 p.m. at Grace AME Church, 1137 Main Ave. SW. The theme is “Black Theatre and Performance.” Featured speaker will be Mike Forney, Jr. of Youngstown, a writer, promoter, director and CEO of Hot Topix Productions. He works to teach understanding and appreciation of black theater and performance. He will teach three classes — an interactive workshop on play analysis and two topics associated with a live performance of the play “I Was Fine Before I Met You.”

Feb. 25: “Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Revolutionary,” a discussion by Kent State professor Dr. George Garrison, 6 p.m., administration building lower commons, Kent State University at Trumbull. Garrison will explore the evolution and growth of King’s beliefs in the years after he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963 in Washington, D.C.