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TORY
Portland Community College
IFCC Gallery
News
CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY M O N T H O N OPB-TV
E ve n in g at Pops
Songs o f Freedom
Roscoe Lee Browne Odetta, Shirley Verrett, and the Boy- Choir o f Harlem ,oin John Williams.
Thursday, February 4, 1 0 P M
Presents
Black Business Expo '93
During the month of February
(N ational Black H istory M onth),
the IFCC Gallery will feature a first
time solo exhibit of recent sculpture
and assemblages by area artist A.R.
Stutton. Thisexhibit, titled The Sand
box, focuses on the eternal conflict
between human beings over land and
power, and how physical, ethnic and
religious differences among people
arc exploited to achieve power and
Saturday, February 20th
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 21st
12:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
at the
Cascade Gymnasium
705 N. Killingsworth
control.
"If we stand back and look at the
world, without bias, we see there is
only one people-the human race, and
we are killing each other off.” A.R.
believes that children playing in a
sandbox who are exposed to prejudice
and violence will inevitably struggle
with one another for control of the
sandbox. On a global scale the result
is war. “Violence and prejudice are
taught through ignorance....The more
knowledge and understanding we can
obtain about one another, the more
objective we will be.”
The exhibit will be:
February 4-27,1993
Tuesday-Friday, Noon-5:00pm
Saturday, Noon-4:00ptn
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N. Interstate Avenue
Portland, OR 97217
C jr e a t Performances
Kathleen Battle and W ynton M arsalis: Baroque Duet
A remarkable performance documentary
Saturday, February 6, 9 PM
A b r a h a m Lincoln:
A N e w Birth o f Freedom
Lincoln and the explosive issue of
race relations.
Thursday, February I I , 10 PM
G r e a t Performances
Black and Blue
This Broadway musical review carries on
the jazz and blues tradition of the 1920s
and 1930s.
Thursday, February 18, 10 PM
G r e a t Performances
Featuring:
African American and African
food, art,clothing, products and
services
Come and join us fo r the 4th
year o f this highly successful
event!
For more information call
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KATU'S "SUNDAY NORTHWEST"
TAKES A LOOK AT THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS
In lig h t o f b la ck h is to ry m onth, KATU's Hick Meyers talks ab o ut the h isto ry
o f the b la ck ca lva rias In the C iv il War w ith H isto ria n N orm an M onroe and
(Tri-Met Bus 45)
P o rtla n d State U nive rsity C hairm an o f B la ck Studies Dr. D a rryl M illn c r
There will be a reception the first
Thursday, February4,1993at5:00pm-
7:00pm.The Public is Invited.
o( the John Wayne figures, however, there wero two calvaries in the Civil War
Portland, O B --
Most Images of the American West are Caucasian or
made up entirely of black soldiers who (ought bravely on the W estern frontier.
Miles Davis: A Tribute
A program honoring the music and
B la c k
mystique o f this jazz great.
Saturday, February 20, 9 PM
L o ca l Color
An award-winning report on Portland's racial history.
D . P . T. F
Many were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Washington.
KA1U Channel Z s "Sunday Northwest" on February 7 ,1 9 9 3 at 9.00 a.m.
D o lla r P a y s T a s k F o rc e
gives recognition to the Buffalo Soldiers when Host Rick M eyers talks about
Black Dollar Days
February 1 -7,1993
their history and contributions with Historian Norman Monroe and Portland
Economic Empowerment!
Art Gallery In Northeast Portland to took at a co llo d io n of his paintings which
State University Chairman of Black Studies Dr. Darryl Millner In the Ulysses S.
Grant house at F oil Vancouver.
Moyers will also visit with local artist M ark Little at the Shades of Color
depict the images of (tie Buffalo Soldiers.
Support African American Owned Businesses
Sunday, February 2 1 , 10 PM
i
A m e r ic a n Playhouse
The Meeting
n
Commemorate Black
History Month
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An imaginary meeting between civil rights leaders Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X
Thursday, February 25, 10 PM
OPB
CHANNELS 3 • 7 • 10 • 13 • 28
IT'S WHERE YOU BELONG
Panelists Announced For
Summit‘93-TBS’ Black
History Month Special
Continuing a tradition of celebrat
ing Black History Month each Febru
ary, TBS Superstation presents its
annual Black History Month Special-
Sum m it ‘93,Saturday, February 20,
at 10:05-11:05 PM (ET). The pro
gram takes the form of a roundtable
discussion featuring a panel of di
verse and dynamic black leaders .With
help from hosts Tony Brown and Su
san Taylor, who are in their third year
m oderating, panelists discuss the
plight of poor urban children.
The following people are mem
bers of the Sum m it ‘93 panel:
• John Bess-Founder and Execu
tive Director of Manhattan Valley *
Youth Program of the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine.
• A ngela Glover Blackwell-
Founder and Executive Director of
the Urban Strategies Council
• Dr. James P. Comer-Associate
Dean of the Yale School of Medicine
The Oregon Children’s Founda
tion added six more schools to its
S m art book and reading program this
• Dr. Julius Debro-Associate Dean month. This makes a total of 21 O r
and Acting Assistant Provost o f the egon schools participating in the early
University of Washington Graduate literacy effort. The new schools are
Sunrise and Waverly in Albany, Tuck
School
• Dr. Collette M. Hopkins-Edu and Lynch in Redmond, David Hill in
Hillsboro and Cornelius School.
cational Consultant
S m art, S ta rt M aking A R eader
• Earl Phillips-Executive Direc
T
oday,
helps children in kindergar
tor of the Atlanta Housing Authority
• Magaret B. Spencer-Professor, ten through second grade improve
Division of Educational Studies at their reading skills by providing books
and trained volunteers. More than
Emory University
• Armstrong W illiams-Chief Ex 1,500 volunteers are working with
ecutive Officer of Graham Williams 1,500 students; the Foundation will
give away 18,000 books this year.
Group
Eighty-four businesses and orga
Tony Brown and Susan Taylor
are both celebrities in their own rights. nizations are sponsoring S m art by
Brown is the writer, film director and allowing their employees to leave
producer of the nationally broadcast work during the day to tutor one-on-
PBS television series Tony Brown’s one S m art students, and by providing
Journal, the nation’s longest-running the funds to operate the program and
and top-ranked black-al fairs program. purchase the books.
The Foundation recently received
Taylor is the editor-in-chief of Es
a
$25,000
direct grant and a $13,750
sence Magazine and the vice presi-
matching
grant
from the Oregon Com
dentof Essence Com munications, Inc.
munity Foundation. These grants were
m ade p o ssib le
th ro u g h
the
Summerville Fund, the Anna Wheeler
Hayes Fund, the Jerry and Corrine
Nothman Fund;, and the Weston Fam
ily Fund.
The Foundation’s b o n d of Di
anthology, Kuumba IV. Available at rectors is meeting this month to deter-
the OHS Bookshop, the book is pub minc how many new schools S m art
lished by the N orthw est African ta n bring on next year. There arc 40
American Writers Workshop.
schools on a waiting list.
Located in Portland at 1200 S. W
The Oregon Children’s Founda
Park Avenue, the Oregon History
tion is a non-profit organization
Center is open Tuesday through Sat fo u n d e d by fo rm e r G ov. N eil
urday, 10:00am to 5:00pm, Sunday Goldschmidt and the law firm of Ater
12 noon to 5:00 pm. Admission fees Wynne Hewitt Dodson and Skcrritt.
are $3.00 for general adm ission ,$1.00
for students 6 years and older, free to
TO THE JUDICIARY COMM.,AND
children under 6, free to seniors on
LOOMS AS A POWERFUL INFLUENCE
IN THE CAPITOL. A FINE ORATOR
Thursdays, and free to Oregon His
5HEWAS SELECTED AS
torical Society members.
KEYNOTER AT THE DEMOCRATIC
For more information about the
CONVENTION IN ttTG IN MADISON
afternoon of readings by African
S quare g ar d en , a c h am pio n
OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND t %D0M /
American authors, contact School
Services, 222-1741.
OHS Salutes Regional African
American Writers With Afternoon
Of Readings
The Oregon Historical Society
and the Northwest African American
W riters W orkshop will present an af
ternoon of readings by regional Afri
can American Writers on Sunday,
February 7, at 2:00pm. The event,
free with paid admission, will take
place in the Madision Room at the
Oregon History Center.
Presented in recognition of Black
History Month, the afternoon will fea
ture poetic and historical readings.
Writers, reading from their own works,
include Jennifer and Danny Doncan,
Joe Franklin, M attie Spears ( a w riter
for the P o rtla n d O bserver), and
Lillian W hitlow. Several of the writ
ers will present works published in the
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Children’s
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PO RTLAND
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Salutes
The organizations and
individuals that build
understanding through action
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