Feb.
3 – Thursday, at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel
Charles E. Pace The Evolution, the Myth, and the Real Malcolm X
Professor Pace is a “living history” performer who explores
the activist role of African Americans from the past 200 years in their
quest for democracy at home and abroad. He will portray Malcolm X, the
controversial political activist, whose uncompromising self-critique, driving
quest for knowledge, and conversion to Islam transformed this ex-con into
an internationally respected spokesman for human rights.
Feb. 10 –Thursday, at 8 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel
The Hinds Sisters perform A Treasury of Trios, Duets, and Solos
These three sisters, who are all opera singers, will perform a virtuoso
program spanning four centuries and many styles of music, from opera
to spirituals. A 2005 Stephenson Memorial Concert.
Feb. 17 –Thursday, at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel
Quintard Taylor presents The Black West Begins Here: Black Kentucky and
the African American West.
Dr. Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullit Professor of American History
at the University of Washington. He has written and lectured extensively
on African American life and experiences in the American West.
Carter G. Woodson Memorial Convocation
Feb. 19 – Saturday, at 7 p.m. in Seabury Center
Annual Unity Banquet
Guest speaker: Bernard Kincaid, Mayor, Birmingham, Ala.
Kincaid, who has been Birmingham’s Mayor since 1999, served as
an educational consultant and contract director of development for Miles
College in Birmingham before being elected. Prior to that, he was an
assistant professor and assistant to the Dean for Cultural Diversity
and Minority Affairs for the School of Health Related Professions at
the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) for 24 years. He holds
a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and J.D. from the Birmingham School
of Law.
For tickets, contact the Black Cultural Center t (859) 985-3797.
For information on other Black History Month events at Berea College,
visit www.berea.edu.bcnow during February or contact the Black Cultural
Center at (859) 985-3797.
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