By Selena Stevens
The College of Human
Environmental Sciences will host its first conference on African-American families Feb. 28
in the William T. Young Library auditorium. “African-American Families: Research
Issues for the 21st Century” will feature plenary sessions on nutrition, child
development, clothing preferences and issues of older generations.
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Feb.
7, 2000 – (Lexington, Ky.) – African-American culture and history will be
saluted during the month of February at the University of Kentucky with a range of
activities from lectures to plays. At 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, the Paul Laurence
Dunbar High School drama department will stage “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered
Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” in the Singletary Center Recital Hall. This
production, consisting of 14 African-American female students, has won first place honors
at two major high school theater tournaments in the past year.
The African-American Studies and
Research program's topical lecture series, “The Enduring Image of Race in Black and
White,” will conclude with two events in the spring semester. “Selling Jemima:
How an Advertising Campaign Put Mammy to Work,” will be presented at 4 p.m. Feb. 21
by Maurice Manring in 230 Student Center. “From Exploitation to Appropriation?
Viewing Contemporary Black Images from an Historical Perspective” will be presented
at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 by University of California at Davis African-American and African
studies professor Patricia Turner in the Student Center Theater.
The American Spiritual Ensemble under
the direction of UK’s Everett McCorvey will give a concert at 4 p.m. Feb. 27 in the
Singletary Center Concert Hall. This concert is presented by the King Cultural Center and
the local graduate chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.
The College
of Human Environmental Sciences will host its first conference on African-American
families Feb. 28 in the William T. Young Library auditorium. “African-American
Families: Research Issues for the 21st Century” will feature plenary sessions on
nutrition, child development, clothing preferences and issues of older generations. The
conference will feature five speakers, the HES 2000 Distinguished Lecture Series speaker
will close out the conference. Andrew Billingsley, sociologist from the University of
South Carolina, will speak at 3 p.m. Billingsley’s topic will be “The Future of
the African American.” A reception will follow.
The
second annual Apollo Talent Night, a student-sponsored, city-wide talent show, will be
presented March 4 in Memorial Hall. The event is sponsored by African-American Student
Affairs, the Black Student Union and the Summit Newspaper.
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