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
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 15
African-American Experiences at ASU
7 p.m.
Student Union Mockingbird Room
Sponsor: Black History Month Planning Committee
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
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
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