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F ilm s c re e n in g , e x h ib itio n s ,
perform ances and other activities
w ill h ig h lig h t O re g o n S ta te
U niversity’s Black History M onth
celebration in February.
“This a academ ic year - not ju st for
Black History M onth - the Black
S tu d e n t U n io n is p la n n in g
educational and scholarly events to
prom ote understanding, freedom ,
ju stic e , equality and w hat th a t
m e a n s ,” s a id P au l J a m e s ,
c o o r d in a to r o f O S U ’s U jim a
Education Office and Black Student
U nion faculty adviser.
The cam pus BSU is sponsoring
m any o f O S U ’s B lack H istory
M onth events, and all events are
free and open to the publ ic, he added.
For m ore inform ation on Black
History Month events on cam pus,
contact the U jim a Education O ffice
at 541 -737-9032, or 800-291-4192,
Ext. 79032.
Among the highlights o f the m onth
is a lecture, “T he African Presence
in Early A merica: A Response to
A cadem ic Racism ,” by Ivan V an
S e rtim a , p ro fe s s o r o f A fric a n
A m e ric a n S tu d ie s at R u tg e rs
U n iv e r s ity an d a lso v is itin g
professor at Princeton University.
Van Sertim a’s talk starts at 7 p.m.
on Friday, Feb. 4 in O SU ’s LaSells
Center. Van Sertim a was bom in
G uyana, South America. He w as
educated at the school o f O riental
an d A fric a n S tu d ie s (L o n d o n
U n iv e r s ity ) a n d th e R u g te rs
G raduate School and holds degrees
in African studies ad anthropology.
He is the editor o f the Journal o f
A frican C ivilizations, w hich he
founded in 1973, and has published
se v e ra l
m a jo r
a n th o lo g ie s
influencing developm ent o f a new
U.S. m ulticultural curriculum .
At 7 p.m. on M onday, Feb. 14, in
LaSells Stew art C enter, M aulana
February 2, 2000
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OSU celebrates Black History Month
K arenga, will speak on “At widely
know n as the creator o f Kwanzaa,
an A frican A m erican and Pan-
A frican holiday. Karenga is also
the author o f num erous scholarly
articles and 10 books. His most
recent work is “Odu Ifa: The Ethical
T eaching,” w hich is a translation,
c o m m e n ta r y
and
K a w a id a
interpretation o f the spiritual and
ethical teaching o f sacred texts from
the Y oruba culture.
T u esd a y , Feb. 1
7p.m .: Second annual BlackStudent
Union Dinner, with poetry and song.
V alley Football Center.
W ed n esd ay , Feb. 2
6:45 p.m.: M ovie Night Featuring
“ A m is ta d ,” th e 1997 S tev e n
Spielberg movie, based on the story
o f an 1839 revolt by Africans on the
slave ship A mistad and their trial
w hen they arrive on A merican soil.
O SU Black Cultural Center, 25,h
Street and M onroe Avenue.
F rid a y , Feb. 4
7 p.m.: “T he A frican Presence in
E arly A m erica: A R esponse to
A cadem ic Racism ,” a talk by Ivan
V an Sertim a, professor o f African
A m e ric a n S tu d ie s at R u tg e rs
U n iv e r s ity an d a ls o v is itin g
professor at Princeton University.
LaSells Stew art Center.
M o n d a y , F eb. 14
7 p.m. M aulana Karenga, professor
an d c h a ir o f b la ck stu d ie s at
C alifornia State U niversity, Long
B each , w ill sp eak on “ A t the
C rossroads o f History with Harriet
Tubm an: Enduring Issues in a New
E ra.” LaSells Stew art Center.
W e d n esd ay , Feb. 16
6:45 M ovie Night, screening o f
“A m erican History X,” a 1998 film
o f u n c o n d itio n a l h a tre d an d
redem ption am ong brothers whose
c o m m itm e n t to a n e o -N a z i
organization is destroying their lives
and th e ir fam ily. O SU B lack
C ultural Center, 25'h and Monroe.
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6p.m .: Selected poetry and readings
Celebrate Diversity,
Celebrate
Black History
Month
Sidney Poitier
February 2 at 8pm
25th Street and M onroe Avenue.
M onday, Feb. 28
7 p.m.: Roundtable discussion on
H IV -A ID S
an d th e b la c k
co m m u n ity fac ilita te d by Paul
James, coordinator o fO S U ’s Ujima
Education Office. MU Room 1058.
the m ovie “The W ood,” a 1999 film
based
w r ite r /d ir e c to r
R ick
F am u y iw a’s vivid m em ories o f
grow ing up in the m iddle-class
A frican A m erican neighborhood o f
Inglewood, Calif. With his boyhood
pals. OSU Black Cultural Center,
by Paul Jam es, co o rd in a to r o f
OSU ’s U jim a Education O ffice and
Tom S cheuerm ann, d irec to r o f
u niversity H ousing and D ining
Services. MU Learning A venue.
Saturday, Feb. 21
6 p.m.: Sleep-over and screening o f
Marian Anderson
John Brown
February 16 at 930pm
February 28 at 9pm
Celebrating the African American contribution from "John Brbwn's Holy
War" to "Duke Ellingtons Washington,” and from "Black Voices in
Opera" to OPB’s own "Local Color"
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