Athens State Hosting Black History Month Program
February 5th 2012

                ATHENS, Ala. - Athens State University will be hosting its annual Black History Month Program on Sunday, February 5 at 3:00 p.m. in the ballroom of the Sandridge Student Center.  This year’s theme will be “Occupy Culture and Diversity.”  The event is free and open to the public.

               Senior Pastor Dusty McLemore of Lindsay Lane Baptist Church will be the event’s key note speaker.  The program participants will be Antoyne Green, Athens State President Bob Glenn, a poem by Lisa Strong, a song by Calvin Drake, and Pastor John Jude of Pleasant Grove CP Church.  Entertainment will be provided by Le’Maseran Dance Company, the Sojourners singers from Lindsay Lane Baptist Church, and members of the 6^th grade class of Athens Intermediate School who will be presenting a Wax Museum display.

               “This year’s presentation will focus on culture and diversity and its impact on our daily lives,” states Black History Month Chairperson Sharon Carter.  “We have opened this event at Athens State to the entire area and look forward to our time to share an important message with the community as a whole.”

               Reservations are not required to attend the event.  Please call 256-233-8296 for more information.

Guy McClure
                                                                                            256-233-8296
 Guy.McClure@athens.edu
January 27, 2012
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