NIU announces Black Heritage Month events

The NIU Center for Black Studies also has scheduled a full slate of events for Black Heritage Month.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, Black Film Festival, 6:30 p.m., Stevenson Towers Multipurpose Room.
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 27th Black Student Art Show reception, in the Art Gallery of the Holmes Student Center.
Monday, Feb. 16, Black Unity Day, 8 p.m., Stevenson Towers Multipurpose Room.
Tuesday, Feb. 17, lecture, “Making it in the College of Business,” 7 p.m., Stevenson Towers Multipurpose Room.
Wednesday, Feb. 18, Black Film Festival, “The Story of Malcom X,” 7 p.m., Stevenson Towers Multipurpose Room.
Thursday, Feb. 19, 16th Annual Afrocentric Fashion Show, 8 p.m., in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.
Sunday, Feb. 22, Miss Black NIU Pageant, 3 p.m., Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center.
Monday, Feb. 23, speaker, Rev. Walter Ratliff, 4 to 7 p.m., in the Capitol Room of the Center for Black Studies.
Tuesday, Feb. 24, panel discussion, “Fact or Fiction: Do Black People Like Chicken?: Exploring Stereotypes,” 7 p.m., Stevenson Towers.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 19th Annual Soul Bowl Banquet, 5 p.m., Wesley Foundation.
Friday, Feb. 27, a performance of the play, “A Tribute to Black Prominents,” 7 p.m. in the Regency Room of the Holmes Student Center.
Friday, Feb. 27-Sunday, Feb. 29, Black Choir Weekend Workshop, 7 p.m. each day in the Music Building.

For more information on any of these events, contact the Center for Black Studies at 753-1709.

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