Jan. 19, 2006 -- From “Soul Food Day,” and “Black Star Power Movies” to parades and rallies, pageants, concerts and an “All Black Affair,” the campus at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will be busy in February during Black History Month.

In addition to all the fun and festive activities, Black History Month will also include forums, monologues, competitions and health screenings, along with numerous lectures and speakers.

“Black History Month is going to be great,” said Jerrod Lockhart, assistant dean of students in the Tribal Leadership Center.

“The Black History Month Committee has been busy for months planning and preparing for a great schedule. Our first event will be a tribute to Carter G. Woodson, who founded what eventually evolved into Black History Month,” he said.
The theme for Black History Month 2006 will be “Still Climbing … Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair.”

The highlight of the month will be the Black History Month Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium featuring Ms. Deborah Mathis, author of “Yet a Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don’t Feel at Home.” Mathis, currently a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Washington D.C. program, is a former news anchor for the Little Rock television station KATV.
For more details, contact Jerrod Lockhart at 870-972-2055 or via email at jlockhar@astate.edu.

Black History Month 2006
Still Climbing … Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair
Langston Hughes


February 1
Tribute to Carter G. Woodson
Student Union Auditorium
12 Noon
Sponsors: Black History Month Planning Committee, Strong Turner Alumni Chapter, and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Food for the Soul “Soul Food Day”
National Guard Armory
5 p.m.
Sponsors: Black History Month Planning Committee and Strong Turner Alumni Chapter


February 2
Black Star Power Movie Series – “Cooley High”
Student Union Auditorium
7 & 9 p.m.
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee


February 3
Destiny Illusion Poetry Slam
Student Union, Mockingbird Room
7 p.m.


February 4
Black History Month Parade & Unity Rally
Simmons Bank (Start Location)
Caraway Rd.
10 a.m.
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee


February 6
Black History Month Monologues
12 noon
Student Union Center Court
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee

Do You Remember the Time? An Intimate Portrait of Civil Rights
6 p.m.
Student Union Mockingbird Room
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee & Delta Studies Center


February 7
Bone Marrow Drive
Student Union Center Court
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sponsors: Black History Month Planning Committee & National Pan-Hellenic Council
February 7, cont’d
Speaking of Men’s Health Brown Bag Luncheon
Student Union Mockingbird Room
12 noon
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee & Department of Wellness/Health Promotions

ForbiddeN Word Forum
Student Union Auditorium
7 p.m.
Sponsors: Black Student Association & ASU NAACP Chapter


February 8
Black History Month Quiz Bowl
Collegiate Park Clubhouse
7 p.m.
Sponsor: Kappa Xi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

February 9
Black Star Power Movie Series – “Cornbread, Earl, & Me”
Student Union Auditorium
7 & 9 p.m.


February 10
“All Black” Affair
Attendees are asked to dress in all black
ASU Pavilion
7 p.m.
Sponsor: Black Student Association


February 11
Gospel Music “Reflections” Concert
4 p.m.
Location to be determined
Sponsor: United Voices Gospel Choir


February 13
Black History Month Monologues
12 noon
Student Union Center Court
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee

Do You Remember the Time? An Intimate Portrait of Civil Rights
6 p.m.
Student Union Mockingbird Room
Sponsor: Black History Planning Committee & Delta Studies Center


February 14
Minority Women’s Appreciation Breakfast
7 a.m.
Student Union Mockingbird Room
Sponsor: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

February 16
Black Star Power Movie Series “Sparkle”
Student Union Auditorium
7 & 9 p.m.
Sponsor: Student Activities Board


February 18
Black History Month Greek Show
Nettleton Performing Arts Center
3:14 p.m.
Sponsor: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.


February 19
Daisy Gaston Bates Memorial Celebration (cancelled due to weather)
3 p.m.
Student Union Auditorium
Sponsors: Daisy Gaston Bates Memorial Celebration Committee & the Division of Student Affairs


February 20
Black History Month Monologues
12 noon
Student Union Center Court
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee

Do You Remember the Time? An Intimate Portrait of Civil Rights (cancelled)
6 p.m.
Student Union Mockingbird Room


February 21
Black History Month Lecture:
Featuring Ms. Deborah Mathis, Assistant Professor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Washington Program
Former Television Anchor KATV, Little Rock
Author of “Yet A Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don’t Feel At Home”
7 p.m.
Student Union Auditorium
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee & Student Activities Board


February 22
Miss Essence Scholarship Pageant
7 p.m.
Fowler Center, Riceland Hall
Sponsor: Black Student Association


February 23
Black Star Power Movie Series – “Hotel Rwanda”
7 & 9 p.m.
Student Union Auditorium

February 27
Black History Month Monologues
12 noon
Student Union Center Court
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee


February 28
Black History Month Finale
2 p.m.
Student Union Auditorium
Sponsors: Office of Diversity Initiatives & Black History Month Planning Committee

Mardi Gras Celebration
6 – 10 p.m.
Student Union
Sponsor: Student Activities Board