Penn State Altoona provides the Distinguished Speaker Series as a student and community service. The series is open to the public, but tickets are required. African American retail collectibles. For more than four decades, Davis has held a unique place among artists of the American theatre, equally distinguished as an actor, writer, producer and director. In addition to acting and writing, Davis is involved in lecturing and performing dramatic readings for educational, civic and religious groups.
All events are free to the public.
Reservations are required for the Ossie Davis presentation. It is free to the public. Johnson is the Pollock professor of English at the University of Washington. His novel Middle Passage won the National Book Award for 1990. Martin Luther King Jr. The novel, Dreamer , is scheduled for publication in 1998.