Celebrating Black History Month

Benedict College (S.C.)
18th Annual Harambee Festival

Berklee College of Music (Mass.)
Performance/Discussion: “Black Music Matters” — Grammy Award-winning musical group Sweet Honey in the Rock, scholar Dr. Cornel West and the Berklee student gospel ensemble Overjoyed combine to weave a performance and lecture on the history and current landscape of Black music

Bryant University (R.I.)
Lecture: President’s Cultural Series — musician Ellis Hall

Clark University (Mass.)
Performance: Storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss tells stories of African folklore
Presentation: “99 Questions” — Mark Cryer uses multimedia to answer “all the questions you’ve wanted to ask African-Americans but were too afraid to ask”

College of DuPage (Ill.)
Lecture: Garrard McClendon, author of The African-American Guide to Better English: An African-American Survival Manual for Speaking and Writing

College of William & Mary (Va.)
Black History Month Trivia Quiz

Fairleigh Dickinson University (N.J.)
Lecture: Black alumni discuss the challenges
and opportunities current students will face
after graduation

Foothill College (Calif.)
Performance: Dallas Black Dance Theater
Lecture Series: “Social & Personal Responsibility” — Comedian Vince Morris; “The Nile Valley & Ancient African Civilization” — history professor Manu Ampim; “The ‘N’ Word - A Message of Madness” — Dr. Eddie Moore Jr.; “The Buffalo Soldier - A Retrospective of His Life, Service & Family” — historian Anthony Powell; “The Colored Museum Film & Panel Discussion” — instructors Natalia Menendez and Dr. Harry Saterfield

Harris-Stowe State University (Mo.)
Lecture: “Honor Educate Appreciate Love (HEAL) Hip Hop” — A four-part series examines various aspects and entities involved in the hip-hop movement
Film: “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” — Director Spike Lee’s four-part documentary on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
Performance: St. Louis Jazz Showcase/Wolff Jazz Institute Tour