NSU Kicks-off Black History Month Activities with its
Annual Martin Luther King Commemorative Freedom March
Norfolk, Va. — Norfolk State University will
begin its 2007 Black History Month celebration with the
annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Freedom
March at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11. The symbolic march
leaves from the Lyman Beecher Brooks Library and
proceeds to the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts
Center. Following the march, Dr. Albert Paul Brinson,
the retired interim associate general secretary for
World Mission Support of American Baptist Churches USA,
will deliver the keynote address. Brinson was a leader
in the civil rights movement and a colleague of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis and others. He was
also active in the student movement that involved
sit-ins and acts of civil disobedience which eventually
led to the end of segregation in the South.
Brinson, a Morehouse graduate, was licensed and ordained
at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta by
co-pastors Martin Luther King, Sr. and Martin Luther
King, Jr. His many honors and awards include tributes
from the City of Atlanta, Ga. and Clark Atlanta
University for his outstanding contributions to the
growth and vitality of the city and for serving as one
of the organizing students of the Atlanta Student
Movement of 1960.
Other NSU Black History Month activities include the
following:
1-28 February
The Riches of Family Exhibit from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Harrison B. Wilson Archives and Gallery. Exhibit presented in conjunction with the NSU Honors program and the Southeastern Virginia Arts Association (SEVAA). Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
6 February
Black History Month March. Sponsored by Residence
Life and Housing. March begins at 6 p.m. Speaker TBA.
Madison Hall, Rm. 156. 6:30 p.m.
7-8 February
Revival. Sponsored by Residence Life and
Housing. Brown Hall, Little Theater.
6:30 p.m.
12 February
Student Art Show. Spartan Suites Conference
Room. Student art will be exhibited in each campus
residence hall throughout the week. 7 p.m.
15 February
Virginia Nurses Association, District #4 Annual Student
Meeting. Sponsored by NSU’s Department of Nursing.
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall, 2nd Floor Banquet Room. Event
includes a poster competition in reference to African
American nurses who have achieved the “First”
designations. Time TBA.
16 February
Reducing Health Disparities. Health Fair.
Sponsored by NSU’s Department of Nursing. Mills E.
Godwin Student Center, Ballroom. 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
For more information on these activities, call the
Office of News and Media Relations at 823-8373 or visit
the NSU online calendar of events at
www.nsu.edu.
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