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AUGUSTA FOCUS BLACK HISTORY SUPPLEMENT © WINTER 1008
Augusta Area Black History Month Events
Black History events are plentiful around the
CSRA. Here is the listing for the remainder of
the month.
-8 The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum, 1116 Phillips St., will
host the Black History Essay
Contest on February 19, 1998,
A reception will be held from 5
to 7 p.m. The contest is m
sored by the Delta Sigma
Sorority, Delta House, Inc. and
the Augusta Chronicle. A his
torical lecture will be held on
Thurld‘g,- Feb. 26. Details
TBA. Youth l.aadou:g
Forum Historical Lecture
be held on Sat., Feb. 28, from 9
am. - 2 p.m. Motivational ac
guest speaker willbe Dr. Ji
Carter 111, historian. For more
information on any Laney Mu
seum activities, please call 724-
3576.
8 The Augusta-Rich
mond County Museum, 560
Reynolds St., will host drama
tizations by Ms. Jean Embry
of Lucy Craft Laney on Thurs
day, Feb. 26, at 9 and 10 a.m.
The Harriet Tubman Story
film will also be showing up to
Feb. 22 continuously in the
theater. The Black Soldier
will be shown continuously
from Feb. 24 - 28. Museum
hours are Tuesday - Saturday,
10a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday,
2 - 5 p.m. For more informa
tion, please call the museum
at (706) 722-8454.
8 Local libraries will observe
African Americans in Augusta history
1880, Ware High School built
1880 - Ware High School is built. It
provided education for blacks during a
period when African Americans were not
allowed to attend white-only schools. It
was closed in 1899 by the white school
board. Blacks then sued to withhold pub
lic support for white schools. The legal
battle that followed reached the U.B, Su
preme Court (Cummings vs. Richmond
County). The man who launched the suit
was named Frank Cummings, an African
American, The high court ruled that it
was improper for Blacks to request with
holding financial support for white pub
lic schools. Ware was located at 1099
Reynolds St. The siteis vow a parking lot.
RELT
Black History month with a
series of videos which focus on
the contributions of Black
Americans. The presentations
are free and open to the public.
Black Soldiers will be shown
on Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the
. Heritagein Black Time
m West videos will be
shown on Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m.
at the Wallace Branch Li
brary. For more information,
call 821-2600.
® Christ Presbyterian
Church is sponscring “Black
Montage,” a series of events
underscored by the Black expe
rience. The works of two art
ists, Alice R. Davis of Sydney
wfi.fiwwl
tor,
will be solo artists Bernadette
Claire, a junior at Augusta State
University, and Dr. George
Madry of Quincy, Florida, who
will perform during a program
on Feb. 22, during the 11 a.m.
worship at Christ Church. Stu
dents from the Augusta Mini
Theatre will also be performing
two selections, The “Black
Montage” activities will culmi
nate with a dinner on Feb. 22,
at 12:45 p.m. at the Lucy Craft
Laney Museum. On location
will be a framer to take orders
for framing. Mrs. Wanda But
ler and Dr. George Jones are co
chairpersons of “Black Mon
1882, Paine College
founded
1882 - Paine College, origi
nally Paine Institute, is
founded by the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South.
First classes were in rented
rooms on Broad Street. In
1886, it moved to the
Woodlawn section of Augusta,
its present location. In 1903,
it was re-chartered as Paine
College.
tage,” a fund-raising effort for
Christ Church.
8 Everfaithful Baptist
o g
tory program on 5
day, Feb.22,at 5 p.m. Speaker
will be Dr. James Carter 111.
® Ft. Gordon will observe
Black History Month with
three programs. A Heritage
Festival will be held on Sat.,
Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. to 6
p-m. at Gym 1 on 19th St.
Activities will include gospel
music, poetry reading, mili
tary drill wmmou and
singing. The History
Workfiq will be held Tues
day, Feb. 24, at 2:30 p.m. in
Olmstead Hall on Chamber
lain Ave. Guest speaker will
be Dr. Edward J. Cashin Jr.,
professor ofumstory at TAI':Q.
gusta State University.
workshop is lpouoro? by Ft.
Gordon’s special emphasis
program committee. The
Black History Ball will be held
Friday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at
the Officer’s Club. It will fea
ture a buffet dinner and a live
band. Tickets are sl2 per per
son in advance and sl4 per
person at the door. For tick
ets, please call (706) 791-2205
or 791-2675 or 787-4631.
® Voorhees College of
Denmark, B.C. will host the
Voorhees Student Art Exhibi
tion and Competition at the
Wright Potts Library from now
through Feb. 28th. A Black
History Month Drama Produc
1885, Tabernacle
Baptist Church founded
1885 - Tabernacle Bap
tist Church founded by the
great Rev. Dr. C.T. Walker.
1886, Huin?::s Institute
founded
1886 - Haines Normal and
Industrial Institute founded
by Miss Lucy Craft Laney. It
was Augusta’s premiere edu
cation institution.
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at 7 p.m. w Religious
Envgd- eek will be ob
served on Feb. 26 - 27. The
Jarvis Brothers of
ommfin hold a
concert at usetts Hall
at 7p.m. on Feb. 26. For more
information, call the Voorhees
Office of Public Relations at
(803) 793-3351.
8 The Morris Museum of
Art, One Tenth St. at the
Riverwalk, currently displays
the art exhibit, “On the Road
with Thomas Hart Benton:
Images of a Changing
America,” through May 10th.
Museum hours: Tuesday
through Saturday, 10 am. -
5:30p.m.;* mnday, 12:30-5:30
p.m.. Admission: $3 peradult,
$2 per student and senior citi
zen. For more information,
call 724-7501. Additionally,
African-American theme tours
are available K request for
school and groups and
last approximately 50 minutes.
The Morris Museum Educa
tion Department will also
present slide-illustrated talks
on African-American art to
organizations, clubs or busi
nesses upon request.
8 USC-Aiken will host a
panel on Feb. 24, Tuesday,
as the last event of their Black
History Month schedule
sponsored by their Office of
Cultural Affairs, The Afri
can-American Students’ Al
liance and English Depart
ment. “Generation X: Eras
1889, first black bank in state
-~ founded here
1889 - The Georgia Workingman's Loan
and Building Association is founded in Au
gusta. It was the first black-owned and
managed bank in Georgia. It only survived
a few years.
1890, first
kindergarten
1890 - The first
kindergarten class
in Augusta is held
at Haines Insti
tute.
T
ing the Myth Through Edu
cation and Involvement” will
be held at 7 p.m. in the Ad
ministration Building, Room
107. A panel of community
leaders will discuss pertinent
issues facing the African-
American community both
locally and nationally. Com
munity leaders will mfivlo
suggestions on ways col
lege students can get involved
and make a difference.
8 The Annual CSRA Di
versity Conference will be
held Tuesday and Wednesday,
Feb. 24 - 25. The conference is
co-sponsored by the Parks, Rec
reation and Tourism Depart
ment of the City of Aiken. The
keynote speaker will be Joe
Clark, director of the Essex
County Youth Center in New
dJersey. Mr. Clark is the former
controversial principal of
Eastside High School where he
was known to carry a bull horn
and baseball bat. He won ac
claim for his achievementsin a
Time cover story, two Sixty
Minutes profiles and appear
ances on other television news
and talk shows. Clark. is the
subject of the Warner Brothers
film, Lean on Me, and has writ
ten the book Laying Down the
Law. Workshops will be held
based on the theme “Bridging
the Gap: Valuing Diversity and
Similarity.” Registration fee
for the conference will be S6O
for members or $75 for non
members. For more informa
tion, call Gloria Busch Johnson
at (803) 593-3030.
1892, first nurs
ing students
1892 - Ten girls
from Haines be
come thecity’s first
nursing students.