Oberlin College will highlight its 1999 Black History Month observance with a dance concert Feb. 4 featuring the music of Duke Ellington and an address by noted theologian and activist Dr. Vincent Harding at the Feb. 13 annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Friday, Feb. 12 under the auspices of the Oberlin Public Library and the Oberlin Historical Improvement Organization. Thursday, Feb. 25 in Finney Chapel.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Oberlin Public Library is located at 65 S. Main St. Cosponsored by the library and the Oberlin Historical Improvement Organization, the talk is funded in part by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Seating is limited. Reader's Digest Arts Partners Program which is administered by the Association for Performing Arts Presenters. The Oberlin program will feature student dancers Rashida Bumbray and over Abigail Nartey as well as vocals by Dominique Atchison, Tai Collins and Chantal Ross. Performing with them will be an Oberlin jazz ensemble led by Kevin Louis, trumpet.