Colleges celebrate black history!
Black history will come alive in
concerts, plays, films and lectures in
February as Greensboro's colleges
and universities celebrate Black
History Month.
Most of the events will be open to
the public free
of charge.
Julian Bond,
a Georgia state
senator and
nationally
known black
leader, officially will launch
activities Tuesday at a convocation jointly
sponsored by
student leaders
from most of the city's
universities. Bond's lecture, "What
Next?" will begin at 8:15 p.m. in
Aycock Auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Bond gained national attention in
1965, when at the age of 25 he was
elected to the Georgia House of
Representatives but was barred
from taking his seat because of his
public opposition to the Vietnam
war. He was seated in 1967 by order
of the U.S. Supreme Court and now
serves in the Georgia Senate.
Other lectures and forums scheduled during the month include:
• A lecture by poet, author and
feminist Sonia Sanchez, the keynote
speaker at Guilford College, at 7:30 performed at 8:15 p.
p.m. today in Sternberger Audito- Aycock Auditorium.
in Aycock Auditorium.
The drama "For Colored Girls I
Who Have Considered Suicide I
When the Rainbow is Enuf' will be ]
Feb.
• Samuel D. Proctor, senior minister of Abyssinian Baptist Church
of New York City, delivering N.C.
A&T State University's keynote
address at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 in Harrison Auditorium.
• The Rev. Ralph David Aber-
nathy, a founder of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
and civil rights activist, speaking at
8 p.m. Feb. 16 in Whitley Auditorium at Elon College.
• A community forum, "Perspectives on Blacks in Politics," at
7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in Room 123,
Gibbs Hall, at A&T.
At UNC-G, jazz hours will be
held in Benbow Lounge, Elliott
University Center, at 4 p.m. Friday
and Feb. 10, 17 and 24. Also Friday,
the Neo-Black Society Dance and
Drama Troupe will perform at 8
p.m. in Aycock Auditorium. The
drama troupe will perform again at
8 p.m. Feb. 23 in Cone Ballroom,
Elliott University Center. The NBS
Choir will perform at 3 p.m. Feb. 5
oward one community!
J The February One Society put on
jquite a gala evening last week. The
occasion, of course, was the annual celebration of the Feb. 1, 1960, Wool-
worth's lunch counter sit-ins that
triggered a wave of similar non-violent-
protests across the South.
Each year the society gives its One
Community Awards to individuals who
have made a significant contribution to
Ithe advancement of human relations in -^—^^—
Greensboro. Some of the names in this Ul- vvarren Ashby, Joseph Berry, j
year's group of honorees will be familiar Marietta Carrington, Pat Cavan, Frank!
to those who experienced the sit-ins. Cuthbertson, Charles Davis, Dr. Ed-|
Other honorees have made their con- win Edmonds, Minnie Feaster, Ralph!
tributions in different ways, either Johns, Johnnie Brady Jones, Odessa!
through community service, the busi- Kimber^ MazfoLevinson, Albert S.|
ness community, the university campus T ™"*u*"
cial services worker Charles E *^vt
and William D. Snider, retired editor o
the Daily News & Record.
We thought we would simply list alll
the honorees' names here, as a testa-I
ment to both the richness and variety off
service involved, and as a way of thank-1
mg them once again for promoting thel
causes of unity and justice in Greens?
boro: ^^^^^^^^^^^m
Dr. Warren Ashby,
at this newspaper. They include for-
rner school board chairman Albert S
Lineberry Sr., former Hayes-Taylor
"*MCA executive David Morehead so-
r., William B. Little, David!
wl pTd' V31"68 Pender^t, Dr.l
Wilia Player, Mary Taft Smith, William I
Sri?*' ?etsy Tavlc>r, John R. Taylor t
Wilbam Thomas and Kay Troxler '
Greensboro Daily News, Mon., Jan. 30, 1984 i
At A&T, activities include showings of the film "Roots" at noon |
Thursday and Friday and Feb. (
Bluford Library; a concert titled I
"Gospel Walk Through Time" at 7 I
p.m. Feb. 12 in Harrison Audito- |
rium; an art exhibit titled "T
pressions of the Black Experience"
at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 in the lobby of Memorial Union; a jazz concert at 8
p.m. Feb. 16 in Memorial Union
Ballroom; a performance of the play
"A Land Beyond the River" at 8:15
p.m. Feb. 18-21 in Paul Robeson
Theatre; a dance concert at 7 p.m.
Feb. 19 in Harrison Auditorium;
and a performance of "Historical |
Skits of Famous Periods" at 7 p.m.
Feb. 22 in Harrison Auditorium.
At Bennett College, the Student
Government Association will sponsor a High IQ Bowl at 7 p.m. Feb.
21 at Blackhall Assembly on cam-l
pus. The association will sponsor!
vespers at 4 p.m. Feb. 26 in the I
campus chapel. Another vespers I
service sponsored by Pi Gamma Mu I
Honor Society will be held at 4 p.m. I
Feb. 12 in the chapel. And a drama I
group called "Pinpoint" will present I
"1001 Black Inventions" at 7:30 p.m. f
Feb. 9 in the Little Theater
campus.
At Guilford College, cultural a.
tivities include a lecture on "Black J
Art in Retrospect" by Guilford art I
professor Jim McMillan, accompa-1
nied by an exhibit of McMillan's I
work through Feb. 20 in Boren
Lounge, Founders Hall; "Black I
Lite," a citywide talent show by col-1
lege students in a night club setting, I
7:15 p.m. Feb. 5 in Sternberger I
Auditorium; "June Bug Jabbol
Jones," a one-man showT of music!
and monologue presented by the I
Free Southern Theater at 8' p.m. f
Feb. 6 in Sternberger Auditorium; I
and films in the college cafeteria atj
noon and 5 p.m. every Wednesday!
in February.
The United Afro-American Society of Greensboro College has arranged several activities, including I
a tribute to Harriet Tubman bv Sandra Duncan Franks at 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 20 in Odell Auditorium, an art
I exhibit Feb. 6-20 at Cowan Building
J and a speech by Greensboro College
Dean Barnes Tatum at 5:45 p.m.
i Feb. 22 inGold Dining Room,
I GreensborolBuikling.
