The keynote speaker for the month will be Jesse Jackson, president and founder of the National Rainbow Coalition. Jackson is scheduled to speak to the Emory community in Glenn Memorial Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, on the subject of "Reclaiming our Youth: At Home, in Schools and Communities." Free tickets are required. For information on tickets, call the Dobbs Center ticket desk at 727-8425.
The series of events for the month is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services.
On Feb. 18, African American Studies is sponsoring a symposium, "Remembering Frederick Douglass," which will be held from 10 a.m-4 p.m. in WHSCAB Auditorium. Four speakers will explore the different views of Douglass including "Douglass as Aboli-tionist," with William McFeeley, Richard B. Russell Professor of History at the University of Georgia and author of Frederick Douglass; "Douglass as Journalist," with Wal-do Martin, professor of history at the University of Califor-nia, Berkeley and author of The Mind of Frederick Douglass; "Douglass as Man of Letters," with Robert B. Stepto, professor of English at Yale and author of From Behind the Veil; and "Douglass as Feminist," with Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, professor of history at Morgan State University and co-author of Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. The symposium will come to a close that evening with a dramatic portrayal of the life of Douglass by actor Fred Morsell.
Heritage Week, a week of events sponsored by the African American Student Caucus at Candler School of Theology, will run Feb. 20-26, with many events being held in cooperation with Black History Month. The theme this year is "Theology and the Arts: A Celebration of the African Disapora Tradition."
A complete calendar of events will be listed weekly in the Emory Report calendar; highlights of Black History Month and Heritage Week include:
Feb. 1
The Second Annual Langston Hughes Poetry Reading
4 p.m., African American Studies Reading/Conference Room, Candler Library
Feb. 2
Workshop on Diversity by Thee Smith, associate professor, Department of Religion
3-4:30 p.m., Learning Resource Center, 341 Woodruff Residential Center
Feb. 3
Lecture, "Reflections of the Civil Rights Movement," with C.T. Vivian, chair, The Center for Democratic Renewal
4 p.m., African American Studies Reading/Conference Room, Candler Library
Feb. 5
Variety Show, "Amateur Night at the Apollo"
7:30 p.m., Harland Cinema, Dobbs Center, $1
Feb. 7
Lecture, "Reclaiming our Youth: At Home, in Schools and Communities," with Jesse Jackson
7-9 p.m., Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Free tickets required.
Feb. 9
Lecture, "Thoughts on Parable," with Octavia E. Butler, author
4 p.m., African American Studies Reading/Conference Room, Candler Library
Feb. 18
"Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass," a dramatic portrayal of the life of Frederick Douglass by actor Fred Morsell
7:30 p.m., WHSCAB Auditorium
Beginning Feb. 20 the African American Student Caucus of the Candler School of Theology will sponsor a series of events which include the following:
Feb. 20
Worship Service with Brenda Inglehart, Pastor, St. Andrews/Horse Creek Charge, Sylvania, Ga.
7 p.m. Cannon Chapel; 8:15 p.m. Reception in Brooks Commons
Feb. 21
Worship Service with Melva Costen, Helmar Nielsen Professor of Music, Interdenominational Theological Center
11 a.m. Cannon Chapel
Workshop, "Music and Liturgy in the African Diaspora Tradition" with Melva Costen
Noon, 306 Bishops Hall
Performance, "Music of the Diaspora" with the Morehouse Quartet Glee Club and Living Water
8 p.m., Cannon Chapel
Feb. 22
Performance by the Spelman Dancers
11 a.m., Cannon Chapel
Jazz Vespers with Dwight Andrews
7 p.m. Cannon Chapel
Feb. 23
Worship Service with Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago.
11 a.m. Cannon Chapel
Gospelfest, featuring choirs from the Atlanta area
7 p.m., Glenn Memorial
Feb. 24
Lecture with U.S. Rep. Floyd H. Flake, pastor, Allen A.M.E. Church, Jamaica, N.Y.
7 p.m. Cox Hall Banquet Rooms 1 & 2; $10 dinner cost
Feb. 25
Lecture with Robert Franklin, professor of ethics and society, and Teresa Fry, instructor of homiletics, Candler School of Theology
9 a.m., Cox Hall Banquet Rooms 1 and 2; $4 breakfast
For further information, call the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services at 727-6754 or the African American Student Caucus of the Candler School of Theology at 727-4180.
-- Mike MacArthur and Nancy M. Spitler