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‘CSRA offers smorgasbord of
Black History Month events
. February is nationally des
‘ignated as Black History
Month. Besides eventssched
‘ uled specifically for this month
In highlighting African Ameri
.cans of the past, this list will
alsoinclude modern events fea
‘turing African Americans
around the CSRA:
® Augusta State Univer
sity (ASU) and Paine Col
lege will present Charles
Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize win
‘ning drama, “A Soldier’s
‘Play,” onJanuary 31 and Feb
ruary 1-3 at the ASU Grover
:Maxwell Performing Arts The
‘atre. The Thursday through
;Saturday performances will be
‘held at 7 p.m. and Sunday’s
'matinee at 3 p.m. This grip
‘ping drama is about a murder
‘in Tynin, a black Army base,
.at the end of World War 11.
‘Ticketsare $lO general admis
'sion, $7 senior citizens, $5 stu
dents and free for ASU and
Painestudents with valid IDs.
For group rates or more infor
mation, call 737-1500 or 821-
8205.
® Davidson Fine Arts
School will host a tribute to
African-Americandanceinthe
Beverly J. Barnhart Theatre
on Friday, February 1, at 7
p.m. “Visual Rhythms of Afri
can Americans” is a coordina
tion between the Davidson
Fine Arts Dance Department
and CutnoDance Centre for
Dance Education. For more
info, call 823-6924.
® “Follow the Drinking
Gourd” isthe newest show at
the USCA Dupont Plan
etarium. The programisabout
how slaves used astronomy
and song to escape the hond
age of slavery and travel to
Canada. The showwillbeheld
‘February 1,2, 15 and 16 at 7
-and 8 p.m. nightly. Cost is $4
per adult, $3 per senior, $2 per
‘student ages K-12, and $1 for
USCA faculty, staff and stu
dents. For more information,
call (803) 641-3313.
< @ OldMacedoniaMission
ary Baptist Church, 200
Macedonia Rd. of North Au
gusta, S.C., will hold a special
observance for African-Ameri
can Heritage Month on Fri.
and Sat., Feb. 1 and 2. The
Theme of the program is “The
Vision, The Dream, The
Truth.” The opening program
on Feb. 1, 7 to 8:30 p.m., will
feature old time spirituals,
gospel songs and performances
tocommemorate our heritage.
Talented artists will include
the Dance Ministry from the
Bethel A M.E. Church of Co
lumbia, S.C. and poetic recit
als from young performers.
Refreshmentswillbeservedin
thefellowship hallimmediately
following the program. The
main event will be held Feb. 2,
from 12 to 2 p.m. A special
program will feature Rev.
Samuel “Billy” Kyles, pastor
of the Monumental Baptist
Church of Memphis, Tenn. as
the keynote speaker. Ms.
Mechelle Jordan, news anchor
of Channel 26, will serve &as
Mistress of Ceremonies. For
more info, call the church at
(803) 278-5244. Rev. Limuer
Myers is pastor.
' ® The Augusta Museum
of History will feature Hers
itage of the Black West as its
February film which will con
tinuously play in the History
Theater. Free with admission
to the museum located at 560
Reynolds St. For more infor
‘mation, call 722-8454.
. @ Tabernacle Baptist
Church, 1223 Laney-Walker
Blvd. of Augusta, will host a
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(706)724-7855 or 1-800-531-0542
Voter Empowerment Crusade
Organizing Rally on Sat., Feb.
2, at 12 noon. The Georgia
Coalition for the Peoples’
Agenda (GCPA) and the orga
nizers of Region 2 will set in
motion a crusade to empower,
register, educate and mobilize
100,000 new voters in 2002.
Sponsorsinclude GCPA, Asso.
Ofßlack Elected Officials, Ga.
NAACP, SCLC, Ga. Coalitiocn
of Black Women, Rainbow-
PUSH, Ga. Summit Afr. Amer.
Bus. Orgs.,AFL-CIO, Ga. Mis
sionary Baptist Convention,
Operation BIG VOTE, and
Democracy Soutk. For more
info, call Tabernacle at 724-
1230. Rev. Otis Moss 111 is
pastor.
® Studio ArtGro, 978
Broad St., will host a mixed
media collection of works by
Samuel O. “Renaissance Man”
Williams. A dancer, choreog
rapher, actor, set designer, vo
calist, author, sculptor and
painter, Mr. Williams’ paint
ings are in the collections of
James Earl Jones and the
Dance Theater of Harlem. The
exhibit will run from Febru
ary 2 through March 3.
® The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History,
1116 Phillips St., will feature
the works of Mr. Ronald
Middleton, artist and art
teacheral Richmond Academy,
for themonth of February. An
opening reception will be held
onSunday, February 3, from 3
to 5 p.m. Free to members, $2
pernon-member. Themuseum
will present First Saturday
Storytelling on February 2,
fromloa.m.to 12noon. There
will also be art activities. The
MOCHA MOMs, a group of
stay at home moms, will part
ner withthe museum and come
together to provide social, edu
cational and technological pro
grams for the children. They
meet 10 a.m. to noon every
Tuesday. The February Se
nior Lunch Break on Wednes
day, February 13, will high
light Mr. Middleton in a dis
cussion of his motivation and
joys of painting and teaching.
Lunch will be provided by Hot
Foods By Calvin. Cost: $5.
Please make reservations by
calling 724-3576.
@ Greater Love Minis
tries will present its 13t An
nual Black History Program
on Tuesday, February 5, at 7
p.m. at the Mt. Zion AM.E. Z.
Church, 1237 Summer St.
Featured will be the world fa
mous Sensational Nightin
gales of Durham, N.C. Other
guests will be The Dixie Jubi
lees, The Apostolic Sons of
God, Men of Zion Male Chorus
and the Essie Mclntyre Male
Chorus, all of Augusta. Host
pastor will be Rev. Alton R.
Pegues. Sponsor will be Rev.
R.C. Herrington.
© The Augusta Museum
of History will host local his
torian Dr. James E. Carter 111
as its Brown Bag History Se
ries speaker on Wednesday,
February 6, at noon. Bring
your brown bag lunch and the
museum will furnish a drink
and dessert. Free for museum
members, $2 for non-members.
Registrationisrequired for this
popular event. For registra
tion or more information, call
722-8454.
® Borders, 257 Robert C.
Daniel Jr. Parkway, will fea
ture Barbara Franklin with
contemporary gospel on Sat
urday, February 9, from 8 to
10 p.m. Ms. Franklin is a co
owner of Studio ArtGro, an
art studio, etc. Borders will
also host the African-Ameri-
Laborers ® Clerical
Production ® Administrative
Light Industrial® Customer
Service
can Group on Monday, Febru
ary 25, beginning at 7 p.m.
® Morehouse College will
hold its Founder’s Day 135 t
Anniversary Celebration on
Sunday, February 10, at
Springfield Baptist Church,
114 12* St., beginning at 11
a.m. Keynote speaker will be
the Rev. Dr. Samuel B.
McKinney, Morehouse Class
of ‘49, former pastor of Mount
Zion AME Church of Seattle,
Wash. Springfield Village Park
will also be dedicated.
® The Medical College of
Georgiawill feature Dr. Louis
Sullivan as the speaker for its
2002 observance of Black His
tory Month on Wednesday,
February 13, at noon in the
Large Auditorium of the MCG
Auditoria Center. The public
is invited to the event spon
sored by the Office of Student
Diversity. Dr. Sullivanispresi
dent of the Morehouse School
of Medicine and former U.S.
Secretary of Health and Hu
man Services.
® The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History will
present its First Annual Afri
can American Historian Rec
ognition Award Program and
reception on Saturday, Febru
ary 16,at5p.m. Guest speaker
willbe Dr. Donald West, archi
vist and historian from Tri
Technical College in Charles
ton, S.C. Admission will be $5
per person. For more informa
tion, call the museum at 724-
3576.
@ The African American
Association of Augusta will
hold its 10** Annual Black
Heritage Ball on Fri., Feb. 22,
at the Marbury Center (old
Fire Dept. building), 1257
Broad St.,from 8 p.m.t012:30
a.m. There will be hors
d’oeuvres, wine fountain, BYO
favorite beverage and music
by Just Us. Dress or African
attire. RSVP by Feb.9toP.O.
Box 581, Augusta, Ga. 30903.
Tickets S2O per person.
® The 18th Annual Black
History Bowl will take place
Saturday, February 23, 2002
at the Lucy C. Laney High
School Gym. Area middle
schools will compete at 4 p.m.
High school, churches and
civic organizations will com
pete at 6 p.m. The bowl is
played similar to the popular
Jeopardy television program.
Students in middle and high
schools are eligible to partici
pate. Awards and medals will
be given to winning teams.
Study guides are available
upon request. If your church
or organization would like to
enter a team, please contact
Raymond McCoy at 793-4402.
® The Augusta Chorale
will present a concert in cel
ebration of Black History on
Sunday, February 24, at the
Paine College Gilbert-Lambuth
Memorial Chapel.
® Liberty Baptist Church,
1232 Anderson Ave. of Au
gusta, will hold a day of obser
vance of National Black HIV/
AIDS Awareness on Tues.,
Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The pro
gram goals are to emphasize
the HIV/AIDS “state of emer
gency” in the black commu
nity; toeducate people of color
about HIV/AIDS; to encour
age testing and to make re
sponsible life choices and to
promote the need for African
Americans to advocate for re
sources needed to fight this
disease. Forinformation, con
tact Sandra E. Wimberly at
667-4342. Rev. DonDardenis
pastor of Liberty.
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