UA to Host Special Events for African American Heritage Month

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama will be hosting a number of campus events during African American Heritage Month in February.

Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders Hezekiah Watkins and Fred Douglas Clark will be guest speakers at the UA School of Social Work’s 14th Annual African American Heritage Month Colloquium. Watkins and Clark will speak from 1-3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in 223 Little Hall. An excerpt from the PBS series “Eyes on the Prize” will be shown before the talk from noon-1 p.m. in 104 Little Hall.

The following is a list of campus events in February relating to Black History Month: (The list can also be found at www.sa.ua.edu/dos/aahm.htm.

Feb. 1
Christian Night Club, 7 p.m. at the Ferguson Center, sponsored by the African American Gospel Choir

Feb. 3
The State of Black University of Alabama, 2:30 p.m. at the Ferguson Theater, sponsored by the NAACP

Feb. 4
Reanae McNeal’s lecture, African American Women Breathing Herstory, 10 a.m. in the Ferguson Theater, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, SGA, National Council of Negro Women, National Panhellenic Council, RHA, Women’s Studies Department, Turning Point

Don’t Speak My Mother’s Name in Vain, a one-woman play performed by Reanae McNeal, 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Ballroom, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, SGA, National Council of Negro Women, National Panhellenic Council, RHA, Women’s Studies Department, Turning Point

Staff Recognition Dinner, 5 p.m. in the Anderson Room

Feb. 5
“Ethnic Notions,” Marlon Riggs’ documentary examining the treatment
and depiction of black stereotypes in American popular culture from the Civil War era to the early 1960s, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on the first floor of Carmichael Hall, sponsored by the College of Education and New College

Feb. 6
Soul Food Dinner, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Burke Dining Hall, sponsored by NAACP and Bama Dining

Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m. in 101 Bevel, sponsored by NSBE

Feb. 8
Diabetes and Hypertension: Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree?,
7:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Center, sponsored by the Russell Student Health Center/Health Education and Wellness

Feb. 10
Mr. Positive Black Male Competition, 6:30 p.m. in Ferguson Theater, sponsored by NAACP

Feb. 11
Forum: African-Americans in the Media, 7 p.m. in 216 Phifer Hall, sponsored by the Capstone Association of Black Journalists

Feb. 12
“Sankofa,” a powerful film about Maafa-the African holocaust, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on the first floor of Carmichael Hall, sponsored by the College of Education and New College

Third Annual Brotherhood Forum, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in 323 Ferguson Ballroom, sponsored by the African American Association

Feb. 13
Third Annual Sisterhood Forum, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in 323 Ferguson Ballroom, sponsored by the African American Association

Feb. 15
African American Heritage Month Celebratory Colloquium, 1 p.m. in Little Hall, sponsored by the School of Social Work, National Association of Black Social Workers

Feb. 17
Gospel Extravaganza, 4 p.m. in Ferguson Theater, sponsored by the NAACP

Feb.18-22
Eyes on the Prize, Noon outside the Judicial Affairs Office, sponsored by the Office of Judicial Affairs

Feb. 19
The Color Line Revisited: Is Racism Dead?, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on the first floor of Carmichael Hall, sponsored by the College of Education and New College

Feb. 20
Go Western Hoedown: Tribute to Black Cowboys, 6:30-9 p.m. in the Ballroom, sponsored by NAACP and KA Order

Feb. 21
Lean On Me, 5:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Theater, sponsored by University Programs

Joe Clark – “Fight One More Round”, 7:30 p.m. in the Ballroom, sponsored by University Programs

Feb. 24
Parents Appreciation Concert, 3 p.m. in the Ferguson Ballroom, sponsored by African American Gospel Choir

Feb. 26
“Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment” – This landmark
documentary shows the confrontation between the Kennedy administration and Gov. George Wallace over the integration of The University of Alabama, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on first floor Carmichael Hall, sponsored by the College of Education and New College

Back to the School House Door, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. from Ferguson Center to Foster Auditorium, sponsored by AKA

Feb. 27
Information Table for Diabetes and Hypertension, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in front of the Ferguson Theater, sponsored by RSHC, Health Education and Wellness

Culmination Program Observance, TBA, sponsored by the NAACP

Feb. 28
Hip Hop Summit, begins at 9 a.m. in the Ferguson Center, sponsored by the Office of Community Service and Volunteerism

“Preserving the Rosenwald Schools: A first hand account from before
integration” by Elmonia Borden, 1 p.m. in 214 Farrah Hall, sponsored by the Student Association of Geographers at Alabama

Dr. William Darity – Lecture on “Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality:
Why Culture is Irrelevant”, 7 p.m. in Stinson Auditorium at Stillman College