All four programs in Clayton

State's Black History Month schedule are free and open to the public.

Although February is Black

History Month, Clayton State will get a jump on the month on Tuesday,

Jan. 27, when T. Leon Williams presents his program, "Shattered Dreams"

at noon in room 14 of the University's Lecture Hall. Williams, who

assumes the persona of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will give one possible

answer to the question, "What would Dr. Martin Luther King say to

us today if he could create an addendum to his famous 'I Have a Dream'

address?"

"Who Were the Tuskegee

Airmen?" is the title of the Tuesday, Feb. 4 lecture by Tuskegee

Airmen Val Archer and Wilbur G. Mason. Archer and Mason's address will

be held in the University's Lecture Hall at noon. Briefly, to answer the

question posed by the title of their lecture, on July 19, 1941, the Army

Air Force began a program in Alabama to train black Americans as military

pilots. Primary flight training was conducted by the Division of Aeronautics

of Tuskegee Institute. The first classes of Tuskegee airmen were trained

to be fighter pilots for the famous 99th Fighter Squadron, slated for

combat duty in North Africa. Additional pilots were assigned to the 332d

Fighter Group, which flew combat along with the 99th Squadron from bases

in Italy. By the end of the war, 992 men had graduated from pilot training

at Tuskegee, 450 of whom were sent overseas for combat assignment.

Ben Boswell, Jr., senior vice

president of Community Affairs for Wachovia Bank will be the guest lecturer

on Thursday, Feb. 12. Boswell will be speaking on "Career Opportunities

- What Makes a Better You." Boswell's address will also be in the

Lecture Hall, starting at noon.

Finally, rapper turned businessman

Chuck D will be featured in "An Evening With Chuck D" on Wednesday,

Feb. 18. The leader and co-founder of the rap group Public Enemy, his

success in that genre opened doors for Chuck D to deliver his message

through a number of different mediums, extending his reach to all segments

of the population. He has hosted his own segment on the Fox News Channel

and published a best-selling autobiography, Fight The Power. He served

as national spokesperson for Rock The Vote, the National Urban League,

and the National Alliance of African American Athletes, and appeared in

public service announcements for HBO's campaign for national peace and

the Partnership for the Drug Free America. He is also a regular guest

on numerous television shows including Nightline and Politically Incorrect.

"An Evening With Chuck D" will run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and

will be held in the University's Athletics and Fitness Center.

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