Showing posts with label Annual Black History Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Annual Black History Month. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Carroll Community College celebrates Black History Month


Carroll Community College celebrates Black History Month

This February Carroll Community College will celebrate Black History Month with a number of events:

Pop-up Trivia
Wednesday, February 7 and Thursday, February 8, 2018
11 am-1 pm in the Café
Stop by for prizes and fun as you test your knowledge of people, places, and events in celebration of Black History Month. 

Black History Month Exhibit
Monday, February 12-Friday, February 16, 2018
8 am-10 pm in the Babylon Great Hall
Black History is happening now! This interactive display, presented in collaboration with the Community Media Center of Carroll County features local documentaries highlighting the African American experience in Carroll County along with clips from the Center's Oral History Project.  Learn about and hear from current and past local figures whose work has influenced our community and the world.

Lunch Special: A Taste of Africa
Wednesday, February 14; Thursday, February 22 and Tuesday, February 27 11 am-1 pm in the Café
Join guest chefs from the African Culture Club to sample some of their favorite dishes while learning about their homelands. 

For more information, contact Becki Maurio at 410.386.8641 or rmaurio@carrollcc.edu






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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Feb. 10, 2017 Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah - African American History Month Activities at Manchester Valley High School


Feb. 10, 2017 Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah - African American History Month Activities at Manchester Valley High School

According to the February 3, 2017 Carroll County Public Schools newsletter, “”What’s Happening in Carroll County Public Schools, on Feb. 10, 2017, Manchester Valley High School will host a program on African American History Month Activities with Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah, and speaker from the Carroll County NAACP Branch 7014

Musician, rapper, and entrepreneur Michael Yeboah, a graduate of North Carroll High School, will visit Manchester Valley High School on Friday, February 10, from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. He will speak to students about growing up black in Carroll County and striving to fulfill a dream. He also will perform for students.

Jazz pianist and vocalist Eric Byrd will perform two shows for students, staff, and guests on Thursday, February 16. The shows will be held from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. and 10:15 to 10:55 a.m. Byrd will perform classic songs from jazz, blues, and gospel while teaching the students about the development of black music, and hence music, in America.

Other activities during the month will include an advisory lesson on NASA’s “computers” based on the biopic Hidden Figures. To end the month, two representatives from the local chapter of the NAACP will visit students on Monday, February 27, from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. and speak on their experiences of being black in Carroll County.


Contact: Brian Lawyer, English Teacher, Manchester Valley High School, 410-386-1673, bllawye@carrollk12.org
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