Black History Month

Featured Events
			USF St. Petersburg Calendar of Events Barry Scott, A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. January 29, 2009, 7 p.m. Location: USF St. Petersburg, Campus Activities Center, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions Barry Scott discusses the Civil Rights Movement and recreates King's most inspiring speeches. Guests: The Alumni Singers. More
			SANKOFA: African-American Museum on Wheels, Angela Jennings, Curator February 2-3, 2009, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Location: USF St. Petersburg, Campus Activities Center, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions Spanning the period from 1860 to the present, SANKOFA will take you on a journey through slavery, the era of King Cotton, and the uplifting days of Emancipation. More
			Umdabu South African Dance Company February 11, 2009, noon Location: USF St. Petersburg, Campus Activities Center, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions Come and enjoy an afternoon of traditional and contemporary South African history and dance. More
			God's Trombones: A Celebration of James Weldon Johnson February 16, 2009, 7 p.m. Location: Studio@620, 620 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions Performers, poets and clergy read the work of author and activist James Weldon Johnson, with trombone by Buster cooper, at the Studio@620. Through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. More
			Salvador Dali Museum Book Exhibit, VisualKulture.cat February 20, 2009 - June 2009 Location: USF St. Petersburg, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions This exhibition surveys the creative production of the 'artist book' from famed Catalans Dali and Miro to the current generation. Dali Museum and Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. More
			Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Legacy of African-American Achievement March 1, 2009, 1:00 p.m. Location: USF St. Petersburg, Campus Activities Center, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Map and directions Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, this year’s speaker for the Debbie and Brent Sembler Florida Holocaust Museum Lecture Series at the College of Education, is an American athlete and retired professional basketball player who is widely considered to be one of the greatest NBA players of all time. In addition to his historic career as a basketball player, Abdul-Jabbar has served as coach for professional and high school basketball teams. As an author, Abdul-Jabbar has published five books, among them Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement, On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance and Giant Steps (an homage to jazz great John Coltrane). More
			David Walton, M.D., Medicine and Social Justice March 10, 2009, 6:15 p.m. Location:TBD Dr. David Walton, a physician working with the Partners in Health projects in Haiti, will discuss the impact of social justice on medicine. More
			Andras Miklos, Global Inequities in Health Care March 26, 2009, 10 a.m. Location:TBD Join Andras Miklos, Fellow at Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health, for a fascinating healthcare discussion. More