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Keeping The Dream Alive
Feb. 3 - 19th Annual African
American Read-In Day with
authors Rita Buton “The
BattleIs Not Yours” and O. J.
Richardson, “Nimrod: A
Mighty Hunter” at 2:30 pm at
the downtown Lansing
Library Auditourm, 401 S.
Capitol Ave.
Feb. 7 - The Rev. Dr.
Jeremiah Wright Jr., Pastor,
Trinity United Church of
Christ of Chicago, Ill at St.
Stephen’s Community
Church, 1007 Kimberly Dr.,
Lansing, MI Special music
by Rodney Whitaker - 7 pm.
Free and open to public.
Feb. 17 - UAW Local 602
Civil & Human Rights
Committee Presents…17th
Annual A Taste of Black
History Program at 602
Union Hall 2510 W Michigan
Avenue, Lansing MI Doors
open at 2pm program
begins promptly at 3pm
Food, Entertainment,
Dynamic Speakers!
Questions? call: Mike
Fleming at 517-372-4626
Feb. 19 - Tyler Perry’s play
“The Marriage Counselor” at
the MSU Wharton Center
Cobb Great Hall. Call: 1 .
800. WHARTON
Feb, 23 - The Capital Area
District Library will be
presenting an evening with
Malcolm Jamal Warner
(Theo of the Cosby Show)
and Bernadette Stanis
(Thelma of Good Times) on
Saturday, February 23, 2008
at 2 p.m. at the Lansing
Center. The event will be
free but you will need to get
tickets. Tickets will be
available starting December
3 at all CADL locations, or
by calling (517) 367-6348.
Local award winning author
and journalist Andrea King
Collier will be the host.
Feb. 27 - Symposium,
Reception & Book Signing
for Dr. Pero G. Dagbovie’s
“The Early Black History
Movement, Carter G.
Woodson and Lorenzo
Johnston Greene” Featuring
commentary from Dr. Arvarh
E. Strickland, Dr.Darlene
Clark-Hine and Dr. Antonio
F. Holland. 6-8 pm at the
MSU Kellogg Center
Auditorium.
March 27 - 29, - 2nd
Biennial African American
and African Studies
Conference:"The Black
Scholar and the State of the
Black World" at the MSU
Kellogg Hotel and
Conference Center, East
Lansing, MI
July 23 > 26 - Lansing is
host of the 17th Annual U.S.
- Africa Sister Cities Confab
- Building Alliances Through
Trade, Culture & Pease. For
more info:
www.lansingsc.org/pages/in
dex.cfm
2nd Saturday of each month
the General Membership
Meeting of the Black Men
Inc. of Greater Lansing at
the Black Child and Family
Inst., 835 W. Genesse @
Butler St. at 9 am. Public
invited.
FEBRUARY 2008
www.mibulletin.org
Honoring Carter G. Woodson
The History of Black
History Month
The concept of Negro History
Week which later developed
into Black History Month was
originated by Dr. Carter
Godwin Woodson (1875 1950).
In
a
reserved, and
studious
manner, he
changed the
intellectual
landscape of
our nation.
Woodson
aggressively
c h a l l e n g e d Dr. Carter G.
t h e W h i t e Woodson the
"father
of
superiority
modern Black
t h o u g h t - history."
conspiracy
which caused the recorded
history of America to be
distorted.
For his multitude of
accomplishments, Dr. Carter
G. Woodson is acknowledged
as the "father of modern Black
history." It is the reflection of
his
dedication
and
enthusiasm
which
we
continue to celebrate our rich
world-wide heritage today.
Dr. Woodson, educator,
author,
administrator,
historian, was born in
Buckingham County, West
Virginia.
He was educated in
Huntington, West Virginia
where he graduated from
Douglass High School in
at
Berea
College
and
University
of
Chicago,
earning his Ph.D. from
1896. He returned there as
principal from 1900 to 1903.
He continued his education
Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey
THE EIGHTH ANNUAL VISITING FACULTY LECTURE SERIES
THURSDAYS, FEBRUARY 7 THROUGH 28, 2008
The award-winning series “Slavery to Freedom: an American Odyssey” highlights persons who have become icons of the
American struggle for civil rights. This year we will honor the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s death.
We are pleased to host these notable scholars who, in addition to making these public presentations, will also dedicate time to
teaching MSU students on campus. All presentations will be at 5 p.m. at the Kellogg Center, Michigan State University.
February 7, 2008:
Sibling Rivalry and the Children of Abraham
Tensions among Muslims, Christians and Jews seem to be growing worldwide, polarizing some people of faith and
leading others to believe religion is far more divisive than uniting. What can people of peace – regardless of creed or
color – do to heal these wounds?
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.,
SENIOR PASTOR, TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, CHICAGO
Dr. Wright returns to the “Slavery to Freedom” series by popular demand. As a preacher, teacher, author and leader in the
African-American community, he has headed Trinity United Church of Christ since 1972, growing its membership from 87 to
more than 8,000, and instituting a wide array of housing, mission, education and international assistance programs.
February 14, 2008:
Social Change and Student Power
Young people were powerful motivators for positive change during the beginning of America’s Civil Rights Movement.
What forces enslave students today, and how can they break free to help shape a healthy future for themselves and
their children?
Mr. Charles Sherrod
CO-FOUNDER AND FIELD SECRETARY OF THE
STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
It can easily be argued that student efforts were catalytic in the American Civil Rights Movement, and Charles Sherrod was
at its center, serving as one of the first activists to implement the “jail/no bail” policy. Active in voter registration of Blacks,
Sherrod served as director of the Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, director of New Communities Inc., a
cooperative farming project, and now serves as chaplain at Georgia State Prison in Homerville.
February 21, 2008:
From Cacophony to Choir: Finding Resonance
The planet today is full of competing voices of self-interest, creating worldwide peril. How can we develop a
generation of leaders who can create harmony out of discord, organizing our different pitches and rhythms into a
chorus of enlightened mutual interest?
The Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III
SENIOR PASTOR, FRIENDSHIP-WEST BAPTIST CHURCH, DALLAS
Dr. Haynes has made his mark in Dallas and beyond as a forceful teacher, preacher and speaker. His church has grown rapidly
from 500 members in 1983 to its present membership of more than 8,000. Dr. Haynes is known for his ability to empower
others – especially youth – and his involvement in community, education, and advocacy.
February 28, 2008:
Embracing Africa: The Cultural Pangea
Just as Africa was at the center of the ancient land mass of Pangea, it also is at the center of much of American
culture. How can we, in the twenty-first century, build bridges both to ease Africa’s burdens and to learn again its
strengths of community, faith, resilience and respect for nature?
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie
PRESIDING PRELATE, THIRTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Dr. McKenzie is the first female Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was the first female president of its
Council of Bishops. Serving now in Tennessee and Kentucky, she is recognized as a leader in religious, social, economic and
Sen. Ted Kennedy embraces Barack Obama in
Democratic presidential race for the White House
WASHINGTON DC - "I feel
change is in the air,” declared
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
who led two generations of
the
First
Family
of
Democratic politics on Feb. 27
in endorsing Barack Obama
for the White House,
Obama is a man of rare "grit
and grace," Kennedy said in
remarks salted with thinly
veiled criticism of the Illinois
senator's chief rival for the
presidential nomination, Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, and
her husband, the former
president.
Obama beamed as first Rhode
Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy,
then Caroline Kennedy and
finally the country's best
known liberal took turns
bestowing
their
praise.
"Today isn't just about politics
for me. It's personal," Obama
told a boisterous crowd
packed into the American
University basketball arena a
few miles across town from
the White House.
Quilts and Human Rights
joined together at the MSU
Museum
Quilts and Human Rights
are joined together in a
moving exhibit beginning
Jan. 15 - Aug. 24, 2008 on the
Main Floor Gallery of the
MSU Museum.
"Quilts and Human Rights"
is an exhibition exploring the
role that quiltmakers have
played in raising awareness
of human rights issues
around the world and the
power
of
textiles
to
communicate
important
ideas and information. The
exhibition
will
feature
inspiring
and
often
provocative quilts made to
document
and
express
transgressions of human
rights, to educate others
about human rights issues,
and to pay tribute to leaders
of human rights movements.
Harvard University. His first
book, "The Negro In Our
History," became the most
A special component of the
exhibition
is
being
developed in collaboration
with the Nelson Mandela
Museum in Mthatha, South
Africa and will focus on
human rights champions
Rosa Parks and Nelson
Mandela.
"Quilts and Human Rights"
and related programs are
partially supported by funds
from the MSU Office for
Inclusion and Intercultural
Initiatives, the Michigan
Council for Arts and
Cultural Affairs, and the
Michigan Quilt Project
Endowment.
This exhibition is part of a
special human rights theme
for 2007-2008. See also
http://museum.msu.edu/E
xhibitions/Current/expressi
It was also about politics,
though, and a rapidly
approaching set of primaries
and caucuses across more
than 20 states on Feb. 5, with
more than 1,600 national
convention delegates at stake.
Kennedy's endorsement was
ardently sought by all three of
the remaining Democratic
presidential contenders, and
he delivered it at a pivotal
time in the race. A liberal lion
in his fifth decade in the
Senate, the Massachusetts
senator is in a position to help
Obama court voting groups
who so far have tilted
Clinton's way.
popular reading material of
its kind.
Following World War I, the
American
Negro
was
relegated to the footnotes of
recorded history. However,
Woodson knew of the
significant
historical
accomplishments of Black
people. His passion became
making all Americans aware
of the greatness of the race.
In 1926, through his
Association for the Study of
Negro Life and History, Dr.
Woodson campaigned to
establish a "Negro History
Week." It was set to coincide
with the birthdays of
Abraham
Lincoln
and
Frederick Douglass, on the
12th and 14th, each second
week of February.
Back in the day, this was
considered a radical idea,
expressed by a lone man.
Woodson met the challenge
through effective organizing,
relentless publishing and
regular
speaking
engagements - he lit the torch
of Negro History.
Publishing circulars and
recommendations
for
commemorative activities, Dr.
Woodson
contacted
educators,
fraternal
organizations,
religious
leaders, social improvement
advocates,
labor
organizations,
literary
societies and libraries.
The masses of black people
were delighted to hear the
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Free Black film series set
for Lansing Mall store
Ngere Wali, a partner of Afro Visions, located next
to Macy’s in the Lansing Mall, is presenting a free
movie and a speaker every Saturday at 2 pm.
during Black History Month.
BCFI receives donation from Lansing CHUMS
The Greater Lansing CHUMS, on Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, presented a
check for $800.00 to BCFI in support of scholarships for kids to attend BCFI's
Summer camps. Pictured Lt to Rt: Michele Oliver, Deana Newman, Patricia
Little, Sheryl Little-Fletcher and Janette Henderson, Rory McNeal in the middle.
February is Black History Month