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On Blacks r- •aBw-: * . . UNCC’s Calendar Is Crammed With Events This Is Your Paper Use Jt! ■; February is African American history month. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s ca lendar is crammed with events focusing on some of the contributions of black Americans in pioneering and development of this country. V . The theme for the month is “Encountering die Fu ture: Transitions, Tradi tions and (a few) Revolu tions.'’ Designed to create a mutual respect for ethnic roots, the events win in clude well-known speakers, movies, dances and dance contests, an art exhibit, concert, basketball and a freedom ride to Atlanta. Moat events wiU be held at the University and will be open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise -a--* ^n : -• . v , ', noted. V Featured soaiken in clude .^Yolanda King, dautfiter of Martin I-nth King; Rosa Parks, often referred to as “the mother of the modern freedom movement tn America; Jeff Cohen, attorney and investigative writer, recog nised as an expert an the assassination of Rev King; and Beverly Washington Jones, who is with the Duke-UNC Women’s Re search Center in Durham. The struggle for human rights is the topic of Yo landa King’s lecture at 8 P-m. Feb. 7 in the Cone Center's Lucas Room. Rosa Parka’ rehnal to surrender her seat on a bus as required by racial segre gation laws in Montgome ry, AL, triggered a wave of protest that reverber a ted throughout the U. S. and the world. She will speak at a luncheon spon sored by the Afro-Ameri can Cultural Center at McDonald’s Cafeteria n Beattie* Ford Rood at 6:10 p m. Feb. 4. The cost is *15. For reaervatiou* call X74 1565. Jeff Cohen, Wes* Coast Director of the Assassina tion Information Bureau, will speak on "Who Slew the Dreamer?" at 1 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Cone Center’s Lucas Room. - \ ‘ Beverly Washington women past ,lwl present The film will be shown in the Cone Center’s North west Lounge on Feb. 18 at noon and Feb. 19 at U:30 ■ P*“- - - ! A minority health fair booth at the Cone Center Cafeteria will contain - health service agencies from throughout the city and will feature blood pressure and sickle cell trait testing. The fair is scheduled Feb. 12, noon until 2 p.m. For more information, call Mary Frances How ard, Assistant Dean of Stu dents, at 697-2975 from 8 am. to 5 p.m. weekdaiys. A complete list of the month’s schedule is as fol lows: Feb. 4 - Rosa Parks, ban quet and lecture, McDon ald’s Cafeteria, 6:30 pun., -* Jfr, ' 'f Feb. 5 - Reception-Art Ex hibit: UNCC Cone Center’s. Main Lounge, 3-5 p.m. Feb. 8 - The Maxx Band, UNCC Cone Center’s Lucas - Room, 8:30-10:30 p.m. February 7 - Volanda King, UNCC Cone Center’s Lucas Room, 8 p.m. Feb. 840- Freedom Ride to Atlanta. Call 597-2522 for cost and details. February 12 - Minority Health Fair, UNCC Cone Center’s Cafeteria, 12-2 p.m. February 14 - Beverly Washington Jones, UNCC Cone Center’s Room 9, 12:10 p.m. February 14 - Jeff Cohen, UNCC Cone Center’s Lucas Room, 7 p.m. February 16 - Dance and Taktat Contest, UNCC Cone Center’s Rdoms 8*9, 10 p.m. to 3 a m. February 17 - Concert by UNCC Children of the Sun Choir and Johnson C. Smith Choir, McKnight Hall, 3-6 p.m. February 18 - Movie, “I Be Done Been Was Is,” UNCC Cone Center’s Northwest Lounge, 12*1 p.m.; also February 19, 12:20 -l:30i>.m. Feb. 19 • Break Dimer Exhibition, UNCC Cone Center’s Lucas Room, 4-6 p.m. February 19 - Movie, “Purple Rain,” UNCC r Road \ THE POST i f every week/ to// 376-0496 E for your j ^subscription , Cone Center’s McKnight Hail, 8 p.m.t $1. February 81 • Black History half-time activity at UNCC vs! UAB baa ketball game, Charlotte Coliseum, 7:35 p.m. February 26 - A Call to Action on the African - Crisis, Cone Center Cafeteria, 12-2 p.m. February 27 - Johnson C. Smith University Dance Troupe, Cone Center’s Lucas Room, 7 p.m. At Presbyterian Hospital, Nurses Are Special... -V § • yV an*" • < • ^at’swhy we think we do a better job of educating them, and have for more than 75 years non The P^Werian Hospital School of Nursing offers a well-balanced, 33-month diploma program. Many freshman courses are taught at Queens College. Skilled and experienced instructors teach nursing theory and clinical skills. Beginning in the freshman year and increasingly through graduation, students are directly involved inpatient care, working side by side with ptofMsional nurses and physicians. Graduates are eligible to take the state board examinations to become licensed as registered nurses. You, too, can become one of the more than 2,300 Presbyterian graduates who have rewarding, people-serving careers as professional registered nurses. The next move Is yours... Call or write: Preebytoften Hoepttal V School of Nursing P.0: Box 33549 Charlotte, NC 28233 704/371-4141 NC Alllonco of Diploma Schools of Nursing •***•' opportunity mduomOonm! ktafituilon
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