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Lourdes
University to Celebrate Black History Month through Poetry,
Song, Dance
Students to perform “praise dance” and give presentation on
Civil Rights Movement
Special to The Truth
Lourdes University is pleased to host its annual Celebration
of Black History on Wednesday, February 26 from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. This year’s celebration features keynote speakers
Juanita Greene, former director of the City of Toledo’s
Board of Community Relations, and Mark Robinson,
director of Field Education in Lourdes’ Department of Social
Work and founder of R.E.S.T.O.R.E., Inc.
Students at Lourdes will pay tribute to Black History with
presentations from Lourdes’ Civil Rights Movement course,
and a praise dance performed by Kiera Williams. The
celebration also includes poetry and live music by the
following performers:
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The Toledo Choral Society,
Richard Napierala, Director
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The Lourdes University Chorus
and Good Company Ensemble, Karen T. Biscay,
Director
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Toledo Youth Choir,
Antoinette Goodloe, Director
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Annette McClair, Local
Poet & Artist
Lourdes’ Celebration of Black History Month will be held in
the Franciscan Center, and is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Larry Murphy, Assistant
Professor of Sociology and Justice Studies, at (419)
824-3825. |
