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Black History Month
February 8. 2012
Angelou: Work of America Unfinished
Poet says young
people have a
charge to keep
(A P ) — A u th o r a n d a c tiv is t
M a y a A n g e lo u h o p e s fo r a tim e
w h e n B la c k H is to ry M o n th w ill
n o lo n g e r b e n e e d e d to e x p la in
th e c o n tr ib u tio n s o f A f r ic a n -
A m e r ic a n s .
" W e w a n t to r e a c h a tim e
w h e n th e re w o n 't b e B la c k H is ­
to ry M o n th , w h e n b la c k h is to ry
w ill b e so in te g ra te d in to A m e r i­
c a n h is to ry th a t w e s tu d y it a lo n g
w ith e v e r y o th e r h is to ry ," sh e
s a id o m a n in te rv ie w la st w e e k
fro m h e r h o m e in W in s to n - S a ­
le m , N .C . “ T h a t's th e h o p e , a n d
w e h a v e to c o n tin u e to w o rk
u n til th a t is tru e , u n til th a t b e ­
c o m e s a fa c t."
In th e m e a n tim e , s h e sa id , sh e
w ill c o n tin u e to p u t th e h is to ry
o u t th e re .
A n g e lo u is h o s tin g a n h o u r ­
lo n g s y n d ic a te d ra d io s p e c ia l o n
th e c iv il rig h ts e ra th a t w ill a ir
th ro u g h o u t th is m o n th o n a b o u t
2 0 0 p u b lic ra d io s ta tio n s a c r o s s
th e c o u n try .
A n g e lo u , 8 3 , s a id sh e h o p e s
A rts A w a rd b y first la d y M ic h e lle
th e p ro g r a m s e n d s a m e s s a g e
O b a m a a n d e n te r ta in e r s C ic e ly
th a t "th e w o rk o f m a k in g o u r
T y s o n , Q u e e n L a tifa h , J ill S c o tt
c o u n try m o re th a n it is to d a y " is
a n d W illo w S m ith . T h e a w a rd s
u n fin ish e d .
s h o w w ill a ir o n B la c k E n te r ta in ­
" O u r w o rk still re m a in s a n d
m e n t T e le v is io n o n M o n d a y , F eb .
w e h a v e to d o th e b e st w e c a n
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d o ," sh e sa id . " T h e y o u n g p e o p le
" M y h e a rt a lm o s t b u rs t w h e n
h a v e a c h a rg e to k e e p , th e y h a v e
M rs. O b a m a c a m e o u t a n d s p o k e
r e s p o n s ib ility a n d s o m e d o n 't
so h ig h ly o f m y w o rk a n d w h a t it
k n o w th a t, o r m a y b e s o m e h a v e
h a d m e a n t to h e r a n d P r e s id e n t
h e a rd it b u t d o n 't re c o g n iz e it."
O b a m a o v e r th e y e a r s ," A n g e lo u
T h e p ro g ra m d e ta ils R ep . J o h n
said .
L e w is ' w o rk as a F re e d o m R id e r,
T h e f a m e d p o e t a ls o q u e lle d
a u th o r N ik k y F in n e y 's trib u te to
c o n tro v e rs y a f te r sh e e x p r e s s e d
la te c iv il rig h ts a c tiv is t R o s a
h e r d is a p p o in tm e n t in r a p p e r
P a rk s, A n d re w
Y o u n g 's r is e
C o m m o n u sin g p ro fa n ity , n a m e ly
fro m s m a ll-to w n p a s to r to a m ­
th e n -w o rd , a n d th e b - w o r d in
bassador
J u lia n n e
re fe re n c e to w o m e n , o n h is c u r ­
M a lv e a u x 's in v o lv e m e n t w ith th e
re n t a lb u m re le a s e d in D e c e m ­
B la c k P a n th e r m o v e m e n t in h e r
b e r, w h ic h fe a tu re s A n g e lo u o n
y o u th .
th e in tr o " T h e D re a m e r."
and
M a ry J. B lig e , y o u n g e r th a n
A n g e lo u s a y s sh e d o e s n 't s u p ­
A n g e lo u 's o th e r g u e s ts , s p e a k s
p o rt u s e o f th o s e w o rd s , b u t sh e
o f h o w sh e w a s in s p ire d b y f e ­
still re s p e c ts th e ra p p e r.
m a le c iv il rig h ts fig u re s C o r e tta
S c o t t K in g , R u b y
D ee and
Maya Angelou at the BET Honors ceremony on Jan. 14 in Wash­
ington, D.C.
"I s a id I'm d is a p p o in te d , b u t
o n th e o th e r h a n d , h e 's a fin e
c a n b e ," A n g e lo u s a id o f th e
A n g e lo u , w h o h a s a u th o re d
" S h e 's j u s t a s c h a r m in g a s 1
s in g e r. " Y o u n g p e o p le f a s c in a te
m o re th a n 3 0 b o o k s a n d e a r n e d
w o u ld w is h f o r a d a u g h te r o f
m e , so I try to s ta y in c u r r e n t
th re e G r a m m y s f o r th e s p o k e n
" S o h e u s e s th e w o r d th is
m in e to b e a n d ju s t a s d e d ic a te d
w ith w h a t th e y 're d o in g a n d w h a t
w o rd , r e c e n tly w a s p r e s e n te d
w eek. M aybe next w eek he
to h e r fie ld , a n d to b e th e b e s t sh e
th e y 'r e s a y in g ."
w ith th e B E T H o n o rs L ite ra ry
w o n 't, a n d I'll b e s m ilin g w id e ly ."
Isabel Wilkerson
Darrell Grant
A n g e lo u h e rs e lf.
Black History Mouth
programming at Reed is
developed and cosponsored
by the Multicultural
Enrichment Committee and
the Office for Institutional
Diversity.
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JAZZ PERFORMANCE: "D o u b le I egacy Project"
a
Black History Events at Reed
DARRELL GRANT
The internationally recognized jazz pianist and composer with drumm er Brian Blade,
saxophonist Steve Wilson, and vibraphonist Joe l.ocke. in an exploration of the legacies
we
inherit
and those
we leave
L
ECT
URE: "Race,
Racism,
and behind.
Discrim ination in America"
February J. 11,
8 p.m., Kaul
CHARLES
OGLETREE
JR. Auditorium
Harvard Law School's Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and author of The Presumption
of Guilt: The Arrest of llenry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America.
February 18, 7:30 p.m., Vollum lecture hall
LECTURE: "Obama is No King: Reflections on Presidential Politics and
the Black Prophet Tradition"
GLENN C. LOURY
Brown University's Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences and
professor of economics. Cosponsored by the Walter Krause Economics Lectures fund.
February 20, 4:30 p.m., Vollum lecture hall
LECTURE: "T he Warmth of Other Suns"
ISABEL WILKERSON
Professor of journalism and director of narrative nonfiction at Boston University
and author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
February 25, 7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium
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Music, Speakers
fill calendar
In honor o f B lack H istory M onth,
saxophonists, law yers, aw ard -w in ­
ning authors and jo u rn a lists w ill be
part o f an ex traordinary line up o f
p resen tatio n s open to the public on
th e c a m p u s o f R e e d C o lle g e
th ro u g h o u t the m onth o f February.
H ear m usician D arrell G rant and
the D ouble L egacy Project, featu r­
ing drum m er Brian Blade, N ew York
sax o p h o n ist Steve W ilson, and Vi­
brap h o n ist Joe L ocke w hen they
take the stage on Saturday, Feb. 11,
at 8 p.m ., in Kaul A uditorium on the
southeast P ortland cam pus.
A lecture given by C harles J.
O gletree J r . , a H arvard Law School
professor and author on race issues.
will draw area residents into a discus­
sion o f race, racism , and discrim ina­
tion in A m erica on Saturday, Feb. 18,
at 7 :30 p.m., in V ollum Lecture Hall.
G lenn C. Loury, a p ro fesso r o f
social sciences and econom ics at
B row n U niversity, w ill lead a talk
titled "O bam a is N o King: R eflec­
tions on Presidential P olitics and
the B lack Prophet T rad itio n ,” on
M onday, Feb. 20, at 4':30 p.m . in
V ollum Lecture Hall.
T o co n clu d e the m o n th ’s events,
Pulitzer Prize-w inning p rofessor o f
jo u rn alism and director o f narrative
n o n fictio n at B oston U n iv ersity
Isabel W ilkerson w ill discuss her
aw ard-w inning book, T he W arm th
o f O th er Suns: T he Epic Story o f
A m erica's G reat M ig ration. T he
event w ill be held on Saturday, Feb.
25, at 7:30p.m ., in Kaul A uditorium .