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2010 Black History Month
Join the campus community in observing Black History Month with some of these festivities:
Thursday, February 4, 11:10 – 12:30 pm, Liberal Arts Rm. L-14
Finding Your Legacy: African American Genealogy
Deborah A. Abbott, Ph.D., president of the African-American Genealogical Society (AAGS) in Cleveland, Ohio will speak on genealogy as it relates to Black history. She will have on display freedom papers, wills, deeds, a Colored Troop schedule and other documentsthat were used in that era.
Dr. Abbott is a Professor of Counseling at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, Ohio. She holds both the Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Tuskegee University andaPh.D.from Kent State University (Ohio). She is an adjunct faculty member at the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research at Sanford University and has presented lectures at a variety of local genealogical societies, libraries, schools, and churches throughout northeast Ohio and the surrounding states.
She is presently working on a genealogy project which will contain a newly discovered court document entitled "The Register of Free Negroes in Boyle County, Kentucky, 1852". Dr. Abbott is a member of the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Ohio Genealogical Society, and the Genealogical Speakers Guild.
Tuesday, February 9, 12:30-1:30 pm, Barry Amphitheatre, ASCC
Storytelling Presentation
Lola Charlestakes great pride in continuing thefamily heritage as a storyteller, in the AfricanAmerican cultural tradition of the “Griots” (elderswho passed on ancestral information to the tribe andits families).
Lola serves as a storyteller for schools, libraries, churches, clubs and numerous organizations. The stories she tells by word and by sign language are stories with positive outcomes, enlightening situations and strong moral themes.
Wednesday, February 10, 2:30-4:30 pm, Berry Amphitheater, ASCC
Film: Pursuit of Happyness
Will Smith stars as a struggling salesman taking custody of his son as he struggles to change his professional life.
Tuesday, February 16, 2:30-4:30 pm, Berry Amphitheater, ASCC
Film: Goodbye Uncle Tom
Wednesday, February 17, 11 am - 1 pm, Student Center
African American Festival
Enjoy a live performance by Sunkwa, a six-piece African/jazz ensemble and sample African-American cuisine. ($2.00 per plate.) You'll also have the opportunity to buy items from an African artifact vendor.
Tuesday, February 23, 2:30-4:30 pm, Berry Amphitheater, ASCC
Film: The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Wednesday, February 24, 10:00 am-2:00 pm, ASCC Rosenau Conference Rooms
Symposium: Fifth Annual Student Symposium: Becoming a Better Student Learner
This symposium is designed to promote the importance of a college education and support our HFCC students as they pursue their academic studies. (Co-sponsored by the African American Association, Partners Plus, the Student Activities Office, and Diversity Club)
Monday, March 1, 12:30 p.m., Liberal Arts, Rm. L-14
Presentation: The Tales of the Underground Railroad
Robert L. Stamps performs a one man show of the events of the underground railroad.
(Rescheduled due to a snow day in February.)
(Activities sponsored by the Student Activities Office and the African American Association.)