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CCCC celebrates Black History
Month
SANFORD, NC—The Diversity Committee and Staff Development
Department at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC)
are helping the college celebrate Black History Month.
The groups collaborated to organize a series of events
that will be held throughout February on the campuses of
CCCC.
The events planned include speakers, exhibits, displays
and the viewing of a documentary on CCCC campuses in Chatham,
Harnett and Lee County. “February One,” a highly-acclaimed
documentary, will be shown a number of times throughout
the month. The film details the story of “The Greensboro
Four”—the group of four college freshmen that
organized the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins in 1960.
On Tuesday, February 15, former heavyweight boxing champion
James “Bonecrusher” Smith will speak at the
CCCC Harnett campus in Lillington. Smith, who fought the
likes of Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes in the 1980s, will
speak at 11 a.m. “February One” will also be
shown.
On the following day, February 16, the Lee campus of CCCC
will host a series of events. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., “February
One” will be showing in the Student Center. At the
same time in the Student Center, there will be a black
business exhibit and a Black History Month display put
together by the Paralegal Club. The black business exhibit
will feature representatives from local businesses including
Petals, Carla’s Hair Island, Quad Divisions Inc.,
Blandonia Child Care and Jeremiah’s Place.
At noon, Squire Thomas, member of the 555th Parachute Infantry
Association, will speak in the Bell Building training room
on the Lee campus. The 555th Parachute Infantry Company,
known by many as the “Triple Nickel,” was the
first black airborne unit and paved the way for future
advancement of blacks in the armed forces.
The Chatham campus of CCCC will have a speaker on Monday,
February 21. Charles Watts, Jr., senior vice president
and corporate counsel for North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, will speak in room 108 of the Small Business & Health
Building in Pittsboro from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Watts, a direct
descendent of one of the company’s founders, is part
of the largest black-managed insurance company in the United
States. “February One” will be shown in the
same room at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23.
On Tuesday, February 22, the Lee campus will host another
speaker in the gym of the Classroom and Fitness Center.
Dr. Delores Parker, the North Carolina Community College
System’s vice president of academic and student services,
will speak at 11 a.m.
The final viewing of “February One” will be
held on Thursday, February 24 at the Siler City Center.
The libraries on the Chatham, Harnett and Lee campuses
will have displays featuring black authors and books and
videos by and about black authors all month long.
Students in the broadcast production technologies program
are also celebrating Black History Month. WDCC-FM 90.5,
the CCCC radio station, will feature salutes and historical
vignettes about black artists during its programming this
month.
The events are open to all faculty, staff and students.
Staff development credit will be given for sessions attended.
No pre-registration is needed.
For more information on the celebration of Black History
Month at CCCC, contact George Clayton of the Diversity
Committee at 718-7446 or staff development coordinator
Karen H. Brown at 718-7319.
Media Contact:
Benton Smith
Central Carolina Community College
(919) 718-7265
bsmith@cccc.edu
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