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H is to ry Events
Quess W ho's Coming To Dinner For Black History
Portland State University’s an-
Inual celebration of February as
Black History Month includes a
I fashion show, step show, lectures,
I concerts, sou I food and a basket-
| ball tournament.
“This year we intend to consid­
e r several topics especially rele-
I vant to African Americans,” said
Theo Hall, co-coordinator of the
I Black Cultural Affairs Board and
lone of the organizers of PSU’s
| Black History Month celebration.
The Black Cultural Affairs
I Board at PSU exists, in pan, to
I create opportunities all year long
I for people to learn about the histo-
Iry of African Americans, adds
I Aisha Irving, political office for
IBCAB and a member of the Asso-
| ciation o f African students at PSU.
For more information, call 725-
15660. The following is the sched-
I ule of some of the events on the
| PSU campus:
Feb. 1-23 - White Gallery Ex-
Ihibit - “Freedom in Black Histo­
ry.” Open weekdays 7 a.m -10 p.m,
I Saturdays 8 a.m - 10p.m , and Sun-
Idays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 2nd floor
I Smith Center, 1825 S. W. Broad-
| way, free.
Feb. 7 - Brown Bag Concert -
I Hip-Hop, R&B, gospel, noon,
I Smith Center Parkway Commons
| North, free.
Feb. 8 - One-Act Play: “The
I Meeting” by Jeff Stetson, 7:30-11
I p.m. Nordicland, Room 26, Smith
I Center. Critically acclaimed per­
formance depicts a fictitious meet-
I ing between Malcolm X and Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., played by
Michael Lange and Winston Wil-
| liams, respectively.
Feb. 9 - Symposium: “Freedom
I in Black History” 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
| Shattuck Hall, 1914 S.W. Park.
Feb. 12 - Lecture: “The Impor­
ta n c e of Love & Unity in the Afri-
I can-American Family Union,” 6-7
I p.m., room 338 Smith Center,
IComettaSmith, Albina Ministeri-
I al Alliance.
Feb. 12 - Panel Discussion:
"Brothers and Sisters: Can We
I Talk?” - 12-2 p.m., Smith Center,
I free. Panel and open discussion of)
I the relationship of black men and
I black women facilitated by Kevin
I Fuller of the Oregonian, members
I of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
land Lanita Duke, KBOO radio
I talk show host.
Feb. 13-Tribute to Black Wom-
I en, 2-4 p.m. BCAB Lounge, room
1459 Smith Center, free. PSU Afri-
I can-American men share their ap­
preciation for African-American
I women.
Feb. I4-Tributeto Black Men,
12-4 p.m., BCAB Lounge, room
459, Smith Center, free. PSU Afri­
can American women share their
appreciation for Affican-Ameri-
I can men.
Feb. 14 - Valentine Evening of |
[Jazz, 6-10 p.m. - Smith Center
Ballroom, room 335, $7 single/
$10 couple, sponsored by Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity.
Katherine Houghton and Sidney Poitier (above left) star in the 1967 Academy Award­
winning Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, the landmark film about mixed marriage.
Columbia Tristar Home Video has re-released the movie and a number o f other African
American themed films in honor of Black History Month. Screen legends Katherine
Hepburn and Spencer Tracey (right) also star in the landmark film about two families
shocked by an interracial union and who learn they must sit down face to face and
examine each other's level o f intolerance.
Superstar Janet Jackson and rapper Tupac Shakur (right) star in Poetic Justice, a love
story about two people from South Central L.A. who reluctantly find themselves drawn
together on a road trip from Los Angeles to Oakland. The movie is one of several African
American films now being distributed on videocassette in honor o f Black History Month
by Tristar Home Video.
Marine Biologist Honored On Stamp
Ernest E. Just, an in­
ny; Paris, France and
ternationally renown
Naples, Italy. He pub
zoologist, has become
I ished 50 papers based
the 19th honoree in the
on his research and
U.S. Postal Service’s
published
Basic
Black Heritage Stamp
Methods for Experi
series.
ments in Eggs of Ma
Known prim arily
rine Animals and The
for his research in ma­
Biology o f the Cell
rine biology, Just did
Surface, both in 1939.
pioneering ex p e ri­
Just taught at
ments in the process of
Howard University
fertilization in marine
from 1907 to 1941,
invertebrates. He also
serving as head of the
studied the fundamen­
department of physi­
tal role of the cell sur­
ology
at the medical
Ernest E. Just, the 19th
face in the develop­
school
(1912-1920);
honoree in Black
ment of organisms.
and
the
head of the
Heritage Stamp series.
Just received early
department of zoolo­
recognition for his work as the first
gy ( 19 12 -19 4 1).
recipient o f the Spingarn Medal
The Ernest E. Just stamp, designed
awarded by the NAACP “to a man or
by Richard Sheaff o f Norwood,
a woman o f African descent and
Mass., used a Robert Scurlock pho­
American citizenship who shall have
tograph.
made the highest achievement dur­
D uring the 1940s and 50s,
ing the precedingyearoryears in any
Scurlock photographs ofblack intel­
honorable field ofhuman endeavor.”
lectuals, artists, musicians and poli­
Throughout the 1930s, Just con­
ticians in Washington, D.C. appeared
ducted research in institutes and ma-
in black newspapers and magazines
rine laboratories in Berlin, Germa-
like Ebony, Life and Time.
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