Celebrating Black HistoryA look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month

•  Alabama A&M University
Exhibit: "A Spirit People: One View of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage"

•  Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Performance: Young People's Concert:
Afro-Caribbean Ensemble

•  California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Performance: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

•  California State University, Sacramento
Poetry: "Get on the Mic, Gamma Poetry Night," sponsored by Gamma Phi Delta
Workshop: "Woman to Woman Empowerment"
Panels: "Prop 209: What's Legal? What's Not?" and "Racial Classification vs. Racial Preference"

•  Edmonds Community College, Wash.
Multimedia: Room-in-Nation, a unique multimedia experience allows students to ponder and learn about diverse cultures in the
United States

•  Knox College, Ill.
Lecture: "Knox College and the Western
Illinois Underground Railroad," by Owen Muelder, director of the Underground
Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College
Lecture: "BCD's of Black Female & Black Male Relationships," by Fred Hord, professor of Black studies at Knox College and founder of the Association for Black Culture Centers
Performance: Umoja Community Gospel Choir

•  Lycoming College, Penn.
Performance: Slam poet, E-Baby
Lecture: Dr. Alvin Poussaint, author, psychiatrist, social critic and consultant to "The Cosby Show"

•  McNeese State University, La.
Film Series: "4 Little Girls"; "Underground Railroad"; "Eyes on the Prize"; "Separate but Equal"; "Imitation of Life"
Performance: Jazz Clarinetist Alvin Baptiste
Performance Art: "Embodying Blackness"

•  Miami Dade College North Campus, Fla.
Lecture/Tribute: "Bob Marley, Apostle of Freedom," by Professor Geoffrey Philp
Panel: "The Cosby Conversation: The Educational Imperative & the African-American Community"
Cultural Bazaar: featuring food, music, arts and crafts of the African Diaspora

•  Miami University of Ohio
Lecture Series: Aaron McGruder, creator of the comic strip, "Boondocks"

•  Health Fair: Reducing Health Disparities
Play: "American Menu" by Don Wilson Glenn
Film: "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey"