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Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Contact: Greg Evans, (541) 463-5340
For release February 7, 2006
LCC students observe Black History month with three events
EUGENE - The Black Student Union at Lane Community College presents three events in celebration of Black History Month this February.
Elizabeth Lyra Ross, soprano, will perform and present a lecture, "Classical Music and the African American Experience," on Thursday, February 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the LCC Performance Hall, Building 6, main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue in Eugene.
"Remembering Our Roots: Eugene's Tent City Revisited," will be held Saturday, February 18, from 1-4 p.m., at Lamb Cottage in Skinner's Butte Park, Eugene. Eugene's first African American residents were not welcomed with open arms in the 1940s. Substandard housing, limited employment and educational opportunity, and legalized segregation marked the arrival of Eugene's first African American citizens. The Black Student Union Tent City Historical Project is dedicated to remembering the past hardships and victories over racism and discrimination of African Americans who chose to make this community their home. The project is a tent city re-enactment and display.
A lecture, "On the Down Low: Race, Racism, Homophobia, and the Spread of HIV," will be presented by J.L. King, New York Times bestselling author of, "On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep With Men," followed by Q&A. The lecture will be Tuesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the Performance Hall, Building 6, LCC main campus. This event is co-sponsored by the Associated Students of Lane Community College and the LCC Queer Straight Alliance.
For more information contact Greg Evans, 463-5340.
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