Penn State York's Black History Month celebration includes a free performance by the Zuzu Acrobats at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center on campus.
The Zuzu Acrobats, a five-person Kenyan acrobatics show, is set to perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York. This is a free performance and tickets are not needed.
Poems by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, or Gwendolyn Brooks may be among the favorites of Penn State York students to be shared during an open microphone and poetry reading set for 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the campus.
Students explored the True Black History Museum when it visited the campus on Jan. 30, as an early Black History Month event sponsored by the Penn State York Office of Student Affairs. The traveling black history museum included more than 1,000 artifacts and original documents from historic figures dating from the late 1700s to the 21st century. The collection includes original documents from Booker T. Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Angela Davis, President Barack Obama, and many other prominent African-Americans.
Don’t miss the opportunity to take a journey through the African-American experience with a visit to the True Black History Museum, which will be on campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Penn State York.
Fred Safford III, CEO and founder of The True Black History Museum, will share his thoughts about the museum during a special presentation at noon in the PCC Community Room on Jan. 30.
Learn more about Pennsylvania’s Underground Railroads when Lenwood O. Sloan, artist and historian, visits Penn State York at noon on Feb. 23 in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. This free program, sponsored by the Penn State York Diversity Committee in celebration of Black History Month, is open to the public.
Lenwood Sloan, artist and historian, will visit Penn State York on Thursday, Feb. 23 and talk about the history of Pennsylvania's Underground Railroad. The program, at noon in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center, is free and open to the public.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is regarded as one of the most powerful speeches in history. Six Penn State York students will do a dramatic reading of King’s famous speech at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 4 in the conference center at Penn State York. The program, sponsored by the Penn State York Black Student Union and the campus diversity committee, is free and open to the public.
