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FEBRUARY 18, 1999
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®Delta House, Inc. is spon
soring a “Private Art Col
lectors Exhibit” at the Lucy
Craft Laney Museum of Black
History for the month of Feb
ruary. The museum is located
at 1116 Phillips St. Admis
sion is $2 per adult, 75 cents
per child. For more informa
tion, call (706) 724-3576.
SROOTS: A genealogy
seminar with members of
the Augusta Genealogical
Society, Inc. will be held on
Sat., Feb. 20, at Barnes &
Noble, 1336 Augusta West
Parkway, from 2 - 4 p.m. Spe
cific information concerning
the tracing of African-Ameri
can Heritage will be provided.
Discussion will be held on
Slaves in the Family about how
the author, in tracing his own
heritage, was able to trace the
slaves his family kept for over
six generations.
SRehoboth Baptist Church,
6338 Ridge Rd. of Appling, Ga.
will hold its Annual Black
History Serviceon Sat., Feb.
20, at 6 p.m. Rev. Jesse W.
Johnson Jr. is pastor.
BThe Fort Gordon Officer’s
Club will serve as the site of
the Black Heritage Ball on
Sat., Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. The
ball will be hosted by Blacks
in Government. For moreinfo,
call 791-2205.
BThe Morris Museum of Art,
One Tenth St. at the
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1908- Boggs Academy, a private
academy for Blacks south of Au
gusta near Keysville and
Waynesboro, Ga., is established.
It is the only school for African
Americans in Burke County.
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Riverwalk, will host a Jazz
ConcertonSun.,Feb. 21,at 2
p.m. “Black History in Har
mony” will be performed by
the Signal Corp Army Band
Jazz Combo as a shining se
lection of jazz tunes. Free pro
gram. Thereis also a separate
gallery dedicated to the art of
African Americans for the rest
of February.
®Borders, 257 Robert C.
Daniel Pkwy. in Augusta, will
host an American Bluesdis
cussion on Sun., Feb. 21,at 3
p.m. Rudy Volkmann, coordi
nator of the Paine College
Music Dept., will explore the
route of the Blues.
BAugusta State University
(ASU), will host a Gospel
Sing Off at the Performing
Arts Theatre on Sun., Feb. 21,
from 4 - 7 p.m. Gospel choirs
from around Augusta will be
performing.
®The VA Medical Center
Uptown Division, off
Wrightsboro Rd., will hold
their Annual Black History
Month program in the audi
torium on Mon., Feb. 22,at 11
a.m. Guest speaker will be a
member of the 9th and 10th
Cavalries of the Buffalo Sol
diers, Atlanta chapter.
®Buffalo Soldiers from
Atlanta, Ga. consisting of
horses and soldiers in reen
acting drills, will be perform
ing on Mon., Feb. 22nd, at
1909, Lamar Hospital Nursing
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1908 - The Lamar Hospital School of
Nursing isstarted by educator Lucy Laney
in Lamar Hospital, an infirmary for blacks
located where Tabernacle Baptist Church
now stands on Laney-Walker Boulevard.
It was destroyed by fire in 1911. After the
fire, the school was moved to several tem
porary locations: first, to Haines Insti-
ASU. Historical presentation
and discussions will be held at
noon and 2:30 p.m. in the Per
forming Arts Theatre. “Cow
boy Mike” Searles will host
this event. Drills will be held
in the field behind the theatre
from 1 - 2:30 p.m.
SBorders’ African-Ameri
can Reading Group will dis
cuss Toni Morrison’s Paradise
on Mon., Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.
BFilm Festival on Men
ace II Society will be held on
Wed.,Feb. 24, atnoon at ASU’s
Washington Hall TV lounge.
Discussion will follow the
movie.
®Fort Gordon will host a
post command program ob
serving Black History
Month on Thurs., Feb. 25, at
2:30 p.m. in Alexander Hall.
Augusta attorney John D.
Watkins will be the speaker.
Watkinswas admitted to prac
tice law in 1962. He is the
father of seven children, two
of whom are in the legal pro
fession: one is ajudge and the
other a lawyer. For more in
formation, call 791-2205.
EDelta House, Inc. and the
Lucy Craft Laney Museum will
sponsor a lecture by Mr.
Vincent Hamilton on Thurs.,
Feb. 25, from 7 - 9 p.m. at the
Laney Museum. Mr. Hamilton
will speak on “Focus: Black
Memorabilia and its Social,
Economicand Political Impact.”
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tute, and then to the Pest House,
which opened after the Civil War as
Freedman’s Hospital.
BThe ASU Black Student
Union Lock-In will be held
at Washington Hall on Fri,,
Feb. 26, from 6 p.m. until 6
a.m. Saturday morning.
Speakers, cultural entertain
ment, lots of food and fun will
take place. An all night expe
rience to remember!
®Evans High School will
present their Black History
Program in Fri., Feb. 26, at 7
p.m. in the school auditorium.
“Mirror of Time” will be a look
back on historical African
Americans in our past for the
improvement of our future.
For more info, contact (706)
855-9750.
@For Black History Month,
Barnes & Noble will focus on
the children’s story Invis
ible Princess by Faith
Ringgold. This is an original
fairy tale that takes young
readers on a journey to the
days of slavery. The reading
will be held on Sat., Feb. 27, at
2 p.m.
BThe 15th Annual Black
History Bowl will take place
on Sat., Feb. 27, in the gym of
the Lucy C. Laney Compre
hensive High School. Area
middle schools will compete
at 4 p.m. High schools,
churches and civic organiza
tions will compete at 6 p.m.
For more information, call
Raymond McCoy at (706) 793-
4402 (home) or 208-7154
(work).
1912, Bethlehem Community
Center is founded
1912 - The Bethlehem Center is
founded by Mary Deßardeleben and the
Methodist Episcopal South Church. It
became the first social settlement for
Blacks in the nation. For years the cen
ter was the only place in Augusta that
provided arecreation program for Black
children. Its scouting program, formed
in 1941, was the first of its kind for
Black girls in the Augusta area. -
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