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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2003

  • February 3, Gardner Calvin Taylor, "This Nation Under God," Finney Chapel, 8 p.m.;
  • February 5, film: DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge 7 p.m.;
  • February 6, formal inaugural dinner, Afrikan Heritage House, 6 p.m.;
  • February 6, speaker, Professor John H. Bracey, Jr., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8 p.m., West Lecture Hall, College Science Center (reception to follow);
  • February 7, The Wiz opens at Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. (call 440-775-8169 for ticket information and reservations);
  • February 8, trip to Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan, depart Oberlin 8.30 a.m. and return at 5 p.m.;
  • February 8, The Wiz, Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. (call 440-775-8169 for ticket information);
  • February 9, The Wiz, Hall Auditorium, 2 p.m. (call 440-775-8169 for ticket information);
  • February 9, talk by Frank Dobson on Souls of Black Folk, Oberlin Public Library, 3 p.m.;
  • February 10, panel discussion: Souls of Black Folk, West Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.;
  • February 10, panel discussion: Souls of Black Folk, West Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.;
  • February 12, film: Skin Deep, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge, 7 p.m.;
  • February 14, soul session, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge, 10 p.m.;
  • February 15, film at Apollo Theater: Orfeu, 2 p.m.;
  • February 17, panel discussion, Spirituality in the Black Community with choral performance by Voices for Christ, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge, 7 p.m.;
  • February 19, film, Four Little Girls, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge, 7 p.m.;
  • February 22, Oberlin College Black Musicians Guild concert in Warner Concert Hall, 8 p.m.;
  • February 26, film, The Language You Cry In, Afrikan Heritage House, Lord Lounge, 7 p.m.;
  • February 28, closing dinner, Afrikan Heritage House, 7 p.m.; and
  • March 1, black student leaders retreat, location TBA, 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m

Site Addresses
Afrikan Heritage House (Lord-Saunders) 126 Forest St.
Apollo Theater, 19 E. College St.
Root Room, Carnegie Bdlg., 52 W. Lorain
Finney Chapel, corner of W. Lorain and N. Professor Sts
Hall Auditorium, 67 N. Main St.
Oberlin Public Library, 65 S. Main St.
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin Conservatory, 77 W. College St.
West Lecture Hall, Science Center, 130 W. Lorain St.

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