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National Black History Week
will he observed next week
TINA FORTENBERRY
Staff Writer
National Black History Week, which is
considered by some as the most
important event of the year for Black
students at Mississippi State University
will be held Feb. 2-8.
"Black History Week is a rebirth of
our racial heritage," according to
Michael Booker, president of AfroAmerican Plus. "We pay tribute to our
fore-fathers who worked in America and
elsewhere for prosperity of Black men
and all men."
This week, co-ordinated by Gerald
Shumpert, Afro-American Plus chairman, will have many events which may
prove to be interesting to students and
faculty of MSU.
The week will begin Sunday, Feb. 2 in
the Union small auditorium with a
dramatic production by a group from
Jackson State University.
That evening at 7 p.m., the guest
speaker of the week, C.J. Duckworth
executive secretary of the Mississippi
Teachers Association, will begin bis
lectur.es.
Monday, the Afro-American Plus
wishes to pay tribute to all . Black
atheletes at MSU for the work they have
done.
Productions will be put on during the
week by stl!dents from Alcorn State
University, Lemoyne Owens College in
Memphis, and Black organizations on
campus.
Music will be performed by Marilyn
Winbush, First Church of Christ,
Holiness, in Starkville, and the MSlJ
Black Voices.
Wednesday, a poetic interpretation
will be given by Mary Holmes Junior
College, and Friday MSU students are
invited to participate in a "Self.
expression" celebration by doing their
thing in music, dance, and poetry.
The week will be highlighted by the
Afro-Batl Saturday night, Feb. 8, in the
Union Ballroom . The reign of the present
Afro-American Plus Queen , Linda
Jennings, will come to an end and the
new Afro-American Plus Queen will be
announced.
"The Black students," according to
Booker, "are honored to participate in
this week. It is an indication of the way
they feel about their national heritage
and the way they consider the people who
came before them ."
will he observed next week
TINA FORTENBERRY
Staff Writer
National Black History Week, which is
considered by some as the most
important event of the year for Black
students at Mississippi State University
will be held Feb. 2-8.
"Black History Week is a rebirth of
our racial heritage," according to
Michael Booker, president of AfroAmerican Plus. "We pay tribute to our
fore-fathers who worked in America and
elsewhere for prosperity of Black men
and all men."
This week, co-ordinated by Gerald
Shumpert, Afro-American Plus chairman, will have many events which may
prove to be interesting to students and
faculty of MSU.
The week will begin Sunday, Feb. 2 in
the Union small auditorium with a
dramatic production by a group from
Jackson State University.
That evening at 7 p.m., the guest
speaker of the week, C.J. Duckworth
executive secretary of the Mississippi
Teachers Association, will begin bis
lectur.es.
Monday, the Afro-American Plus
wishes to pay tribute to all . Black
atheletes at MSU for the work they have
done.
Productions will be put on during the
week by stl!dents from Alcorn State
University, Lemoyne Owens College in
Memphis, and Black organizations on
campus.
Music will be performed by Marilyn
Winbush, First Church of Christ,
Holiness, in Starkville, and the MSlJ
Black Voices.
Wednesday, a poetic interpretation
will be given by Mary Holmes Junior
College, and Friday MSU students are
invited to participate in a "Self.
expression" celebration by doing their
thing in music, dance, and poetry.
The week will be highlighted by the
Afro-Batl Saturday night, Feb. 8, in the
Union Ballroom . The reign of the present
Afro-American Plus Queen , Linda
Jennings, will come to an end and the
new Afro-American Plus Queen will be
announced.
"The Black students," according to
Booker, "are honored to participate in
this week. It is an indication of the way
they feel about their national heritage
and the way they consider the people who
came before them ."