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Spike Lee, independent film director, actor, writer and producer, will give a special guest lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder in honor of Black Awareness Month on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Macky Auditorium.
A special showing of "Get on the Bus," Lee's film about a group of men headed for the historic Million Man March, will be held prior to the lecture from noon to 2 p.m. in Willard Hall, room 24.
Lee's presentation is sponsored by the Cultural Events Board. Students can obtain two free tickets to the event with their Buff OneCards. Tickets for faculty, staff and community members are $10 each. All tickets can be picked up at the UMC Connection, located on the first floor of the University Memorial Center.
According to Jamal Ward, coordinator for CU-Boulder Black Awareness Month, the events are aimed at involving university and community members in activities that expand their understanding of African American life and history.
"This year's theme, 'Enduring the Struggle,' reflects students' continuing efforts to realize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to overcome racial marginalization, or inequalities, in American society," Ward said.
Additional highlights of Black Awareness Month activities include "The Promised Land," a three-part film series that retraces the migration of rural African Americans from the segregated South to Chicago, showing Feb. 11, Feb. 18 and Feb. 25 from noon to 2 p.m. in Willard Hall, room 24. Also featured will be "The Migration of African Americans to Colorado," a public lecture by Professor George Junne of the ethnic studies department, Feb. 17 from noon to 2 p.m. in the UMC, room 235.
Other events include:
ß "What's Wrong with the Way Things Are?" an Interactive Theater Project performance, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Dennis Small Cultural Center, UMC, room 457
ß "Muhammad Ali: the Greatest" feature film, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. in Muenzinger Psychology Auditorium, room E050
ß Gospel Extravaganza, Feb. 15, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom
ß Chef Willie Bradley's Soul Food Dinner, Feb. 27, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Sewell Dining Hall. Tickets are $11.50 for adults, $6.50 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under 6.
Black Awareness Month calendars are available at the University Memorial Center information desk, the Black Student Alliance office, the UMC room 362 and the Cultural Unity Center in Willard Administrative Center, room 118. The calendar, along with updates, also is available on the Web at .
All activities are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Jamal Ward at (303) 492-2168.