VSU's Eighth Annual African American Studies Lecture Series BeginsFebruary 5
February 4, 2004
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Charles Harmon Director of University Relations
VSU's Eighth Annual African American Studies Lecture Series BeginsFebruary 5
Valdosta State University's eighth annual African American
Studies Lecture Series begins Thursday, February 5 with the overall
theme ?Lest We Forget: Sheroes and Heroes of Our African American
Past.? The lectures are all open to the public. The first of the
four presentations will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Biology/Chemistry
Building Auditorium when Pin Point Theater Presents ?1001 Black
Inventions.?
Lecture number two, which takes place on Thursday, February 19 at
the same time and location, is entitled, ?African American Art:
Ordering the Universe.? Margo Candelario is the Guest Lecturer and
Feature Artist. VSU art majors and guests will also
participate.
Lecture three will take place in VSU's Whitehead Auditorium at 7:30
p.m. on Thursday, February 26. It is entitled, ?From Chains to
Change: A Musical Celebration of African American Culture.?
The fourth and final lecture of the series, which is part of the
celebration of Women's History Month, takes place on Thursday,
March 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the Biology Biology/Chemistry Building
Auditorium. It is entitled ?Rosa Parks: Sitting Down So That Others
May Stand Up? (Joanna Maddox's One Woman Show).
The lecture presentations are free and free parking is provided in
the Georgia Avenue Parking Lot and the Oak Street Parking Lot. The
lectures are supported by the Office of the President, Office of
the Vice President for Academic Affairs, College of the Arts,
College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Student Affairs, Equal
Opportunity Programs and Multicultural Affairs, the Office of
Business and Finance and the Valdosta Community.
For more information, please contact the Office of African American
Studies at 229-249-4843.
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