UACCB commemorates Black History Month with events, concert | Events

February is Black History Month.  To commemorate the event, the Black Student Association of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB) has planned Heritage Week, February 13-18.  

Several events are free to the public, including:

• Monday, February 13 at 6 p.m. in Independence Hall auditorium:  Arkansas Blues History Presentation - Dr. Cliff E. Jones, UACCB vice chancellor of academics
• Thursday, February 16 at Noon in the Nursing and Allied Health lecture hall:  Reflections – Past, Present and Future: Black History -  presentations by Dr. Lonnie Williams of ASU, Fayth Hill Washington of the Hoxie 21, and a presentation by the Batesville Preschool
• Saturday, February 18 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Ethel O. Miller Gymnasium: Health Fair Expo – UACCB nursing students.

Other activities planned for UACCB students, faculty and staff include a soul food buffet, 70’s throwback party and a historical tour of Memphis.

UACCB's celebration of Black History Month will culminate with a concert by the Harlem Gospel Choir at 7 p.m. Monday, February 27, in Independence Hall auditorium. 

Tickets for the concert may be purchased for $10 each at First Community Bank’s branches in Batesville, and Cave City location, the main branch of Citizens Bank, and the UACCB Cashier’s Window in the Main Classroom Building. 

Further information is available by calling 870-612-2040.