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Celebrate Black History Month
“We are the Village: It’s a Family Affair” is the theme of Cleveland State University’s Black History Month celebration. For details, contact the Black Studies Program at 687.3655. Planned programs include:
All month — Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities Exhibition. Featuring memorabilia from the Praying Grounds archives, presented by Regennia Williams, curator, University Library, first floor.
Thursday, Feb. 1 — The Father of Black History Celebrations. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing the origins of black history celebrations in the U.S. with the films Carter G. Woodson and Freedom’s Song, noon, UC 103.
Thursdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15 and 22 — African Diaspora: Discourses on Diversity. Open Wide the Freedom Gates: a memoir by Dorothy Height. Part of a book discussion series on the history and culture of African American people, noon, University Library, room 325.
Friday through Sunday, Feb. 2-4 and 9-11 — CAT Production and Student Workshops: Having Our Say. Friday student performances at 10 a.m., Friday evening performances at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 4 p.m. For tickets, call 687.2109, Cleveland State Factory Theater, East 24th and Chester Ave.
Saturday, Feb. 3 — Thy Wonders of Old. Kuumba Arts presentation; dramatic tribute to black history with poetry and prose, 2:30 p.m., University Heights Library, 13866 Cedar Road.
Monday, Feb. 5 — Gallantry, Courage and Heroism: Blacks in the Military. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing Red Ball Express (WWII black trucking unit), The Triple Nickels (555th parachute infantry battalion) and Builders of the AlCan Highway (the unheralded black troops who helped build the Alaskan-Canadian Highway), 12:15 p.m., University Library, room 227.
Tuesday, Feb. 6 — Thy Wonders of Old. Kuumba Arts presentation; dramatic tribute to black history with poetry and prose, noon, Jane Edna Hunter Atrium, 3955 Euclid Ave.
Tuesday, Feb. 6 and Monday, Feb. 26 — Achievements of African Americans in NASCAR and other motor sports. Film workshop discussing Black Wheels, highlighting the overlooked careers of African American racing legends, Feb. 6 at noon, UC 103, Feb. 26 at 12:15 p.m., University Library, room 227.
Wednesday, Feb. 7 — Instant Families, Too Much, Too Soon: Relationships with Single Parents. Relationship workshop with Paula Mickens-English, psychologist with the University Counseling Center, noon, UC 103.
Thursday, Feb. 8 — Bridges to Africa Celebration. Students at Apex Academy dialogue with Cleveland State and Kent State University students from various countries in Africa and the African Diaspora. Advance registration required. Call 687.3655, 12:30 p.m., Apex Academy, 16005 Terrace Rd., East Cleveland.
Thursday, Feb. 8 — Blacks During Reconstruction. Film workshop discussing Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson; a tale of Gideo Jackson, an ex-slave who, in 1870s Virginia is, elected to the U.S. Senate, noon, UC 103.
Friday, Feb. 9 — Black Greek Organizations: The Foundation. Documentary film by James Davis tracing the origins of Black Greek organizations and highlighting a variety of celebrities, 10:30 a.m., UC 103.
Friday, Feb. 9 — I Am My Brother’s/Sister’s Keeper. Celebration of fraternities and sororities acknowledging their legendary members and efforts that have contributed to black history in Cleveland, the U.S. and around the world, featuring the Greater Cleveland Pan-Hellenic Choir, noon, UC Atrium.
Friday, Feb. 9 — Spoken word tribute to Langston Hughes, featuring poet Mwatabu S. Okantah with the Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and open mic, 7 p.m., UC 103.
Saturday, Feb. 10 — Umoja Round Table: Lasting Legacies. All-day filming session with Cleveland families discussing intergenerational topics involving family experiences and traditions. Portions of taping shown on Saturday, Feb. 24 in UC 103 at 1 p.m. and later broadcast on Village TV, Channel 20 TimeWarner.
Monday, Feb. 12 — Black Scientists in Medical Research. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing Partners of the Heart (documenting the life of V. Thomas and Alfred Blalock, whose partnership changed the course of cardiac surgery), 12:15-1:15 p.m., University Library, room 227.
Monday, Feb. 12 — Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing Something the Lord Made, story of V. Thomas and Alfred Blalock, who pioneered work in cardiac surgery, (starring Mos Def and Alan Rickman), 2-4 p.m., UC 103.
Tuesday, Feb. 13 — TOMBOUCTOU Book Club Discussion about Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership, and Hip Hop Culture by Yvonne Bynoe, 12:15 p.m., UC 103.
Tuesday, Feb. 13 — Achievements of African American Pilots. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing The Tuskegee Airmen, a true story of the black flyers who broke the color barrier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, starring Laurence Fishburne and Allen Payne, 2-3 p.m., UC 103.
Tuesday, Feb. 13 — Family Life as a Member of the U.S. Military. Open dialogue with the Tuskegee Airmen will highlight their experience as family men during their military experience, 8 p.m., UC 103.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 — Male and Female Relationships Among African Americans. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing Lackawanna Blues, Brown Sugar, Love & Basketball, Two Can Play that Game, Their Eyes were Watching God and The Wood, 10 a.m.-4p.m. UC 103.
Thursday, Feb. 15 — One Love: Family Life in Jamaica. Featuring Ras Khalifa in dialogue and performance with commentaries and visual arts presentations by other local Jamaican artists, 6 p.m., UC 103.
Friday, Feb. 16 — A Celebration of African and African American Dance (Part I). Featuring the Cleveland School of the Arts Dance Ensemble; includes a lecture/presentation by Frank Russel Ross, author of The Grand March: Spirit of African Americans, which describes the history of the National African American folk/wedding dance and other traditions, noon, UC Atrium.
Saturday, Feb. 17 — Darfur from Mali Yetu’s Perspective. Features the instrumental music trio Good Things, followed by two films: Bling and All About Darfur; concludes with an open conversation moderated by Sanza Clark, director of the Mali Yetu program, 3 p.m., MU 107.
Sunday, Feb. 18 — East Cleveland Theater Production and Panel Discussion on Migration: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Post-performance panel discussion moderated by East Cleveland Council President Gary Norton. Includes panelists Councilwoman Fannie Lewis, Adrienne Gosselin, CSU Department of English; and Edward Miggins, area scholar who specializes in Cleveland migration stories. 3 p.m., East Cleveland Theater, 14108 Euclid Ave.; for tickets, call 651.8721.
Thursday, Feb. 20 — Relationships Among African American Males. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing Proud, based on the true story of the only African American crew to take a Navy warship into combat in World War II, noon-2 p.m., UC 1.
Wednesday, Feb. 21 — Family Life through Local Theatrical Endeavors. A Curtis Wilson Colloquium Series Lecture with theater professionals Margaret Ford Taylor of the Cleveland Art Theater; Terrence Spivey of Karamu House Theater; Gail “Ife” Young of Natroy Productions; Prester Pickett of Pickett-Line Productions; and Sharon McFierson Fox of the East Cleveland Community Theatre, noon, UC 103.
Thursday, Feb. 22 — Take Charge, Take the Test. An AHANANA NIA (Black Women Initiative) in conjunction with a national campaign to address the HIV AIDS epidemic; free HIV testing, 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., UC 1 and Kiva.
Friday, Feb. 23 — History of Black Cowboys and Black Indians. Film workshop discussing Black Marshal, The Hunt for Dozier (based on the life of Bass Reeves, a black marshal in Oklahoma Indian territory); Black Indians: An American Story (narrated by James Earl Jones, brings to light the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans); Don’t Leave Out the Cowboys (documenting the lives of black cowboys from old west to modern times); and Buffalo Soldiers (based on the all-black U.S. Cavalry Troop H, which protected the Western territories in post-Civil War times, starring Danny Glover and Lamont Bentley), noon-4 p.m., UC 103.
Friday, Feb. 23 — Black Student Activism in Retrospect. Dialogue with the CSU Black Student Union and Dwayne Wright, Curriculum and Foundations Department, about various strategies black students used to change college campuses in Cleveland and across the nation, 5:30-8 p.m., UC 103.
Friday, Feb. 23 — A Celebration of African and African American Dance (Part II). Local dancers, choreographers and ensembles will perform African, modern/contemporary, urban ballroom, line dancing, tap and hip hop, UC Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 24 — The Talented Tenth Revisited. Education forum featuring scholars from the Black Studies Program, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, NAACP Cleveland Chapter, W.E.B. DuBois Leadership Academy and the Dasi-Ziyad Family Institute, 9 a.m.-noon, Levin College.
Saturday, Feb. 24 — Lasting Legacies: An Intergenerational Dialogue with Greater Cleveland Families. Umoja Round Table with families in Greater Cleveland, including previously recorded conversations by Village TV, 1 p.m., UC 103.
Monday, Feb. 26 — Against All Odds: Family Survival Stories from Slavery to Katrina. Panel discussion including David Noll, Collegiate Instruction; Michael Williams, Black Studies; Murali Nair, Department of Social Work, and others detailing survival stories associated with African Americans struggling to maintain their history and culture in the U.S., with examples from slavery to Hurricane Katrina, 7 p.m., UC 1.
Monday, Feb. 26 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 — Examination of the National Divide Between Race and Class. Film workshop led by CSU faculty discussing When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts, directed by Spike Lee, chronicles through words and images the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. Parts one and two at 9 p.m. Monday; parts three and four at 9 p.m. Wednesday, UC 103.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 — Praying Grounds Project: Piano Praise: A Tribute to Pioneering Composers and Keyboard Artists in Black Sacred Music. Lecture by Regennia Williams, Department of History, 11 a.m. University Library, third floor.