Black History Month I Conversations 6244 FEBRUARY 2004
Nguzo Saba With Our History The Seven Principles
Book Party and Reception
ERASING RACISM: THE SURVIVAL OF THE AMERICAN NATION
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, Professor of African American Studies, Temple Umoja University; founding theorist of Afrocentricity; founder of the first Ph.D. program in Black Studies; author of over 50 books; Diopian scholar; internationally Unity recognized as one of the most distinguished Africana Studies scholars
Wednesday, 18 February, 7:00 p.m.
Book Party and Reception Kujichagulia Self-Determination OPEN WIDE THE FREEDOM GATES: A MEMOIR
Dr. Dorothy Height, Chair and President Emerita, The National Council Council of Negro Women, one of the founding mothers of the Civil Rights Movement and a continuing figure in the forefront of the major struggles for civil and human rights in our time Ujima Collective Work and Sunday, 22 February, 3:00 p.m. Responsibility “THE FOUNDATION AND FUTURE OF BLACK HISTORY: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF STRUGGLE AND FREEDOM”
Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor, Department of Black Studies, California State University, Long Beach; chair, The OrganizationUs; creator of Kwanzaa and The Nugzo Saba; author, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Ujamaa Study in Classical African Ethics and Introduction to Black Studies Cooperative Economics
Friday, 27 February, 7:00 p.m.
“REPARATIONS AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN: REPAIRING A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY”
Mr. Bob Brown, Director, Kwame Ture Work Study Institute, long-time Nia activist and former member of The All African People’s Revolutionary Party, Congress Of Racial Equality, and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Purpose Committee
Sunday, 29 February, 3:00 p.m.
Book Party and Reception Kuumba Creativity WHITE NATIONALISM, BLACK INTERESTS
Dr. Ronald Walters, Professor of Government and Politics, Distinguished Leadership Scholar and Director, African American Leadership Institute, University of Maryland, College Park; member of Transafrica
Imani s Kawaida School of African American Culture s Int’l Black Coalition for Peace and Justice Faith Saturday, 21 February, 12:30 p.m. Fridays, 6:30 p.m. Cultural education for children ages 3 -11 years old s Black and World News Forum Fridays, 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Maulana Karenga African American Cultural Center(Us) 2560 W. 54th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90043 (323) 299-6124; fax (323) 299-0261 s www.OfficialKwanzaaWebsite.org s www. Us-Organization.org