Information about Gallup, New Mexico

African American History Month 2008
February Celebrations in Gallup

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Location: Howard Chapel, A.M.E. Church 107 East Wilson, Gallup

Feb 22 Black History Exhibit & Learning Center Videos -

Free copy of American Legacy Magazine

February 11, 12:30 pm Founder's Day and Community Dinner

Contact: Ruth Gilbert, ruthgilbert1930@msn.com
505 863 5690, 409 3031
Gallup High School will celebrate "Black History Month" in a program on the 12th of February in the gym at 9:00 a.m. The Gallup High School Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, Dance Team will perform as well as poems and other presentations by Gallup students. The Guest Speaker is Mr. K. Corley.

Friday, February 22. Concert at 7 pm.

Howard Chapel AME

Gallup High School Choir with Roy Stubbs

and more sponsored by El Rancho Hotel, Bishop Optical and The Gallup Performing Arts Center
KGLP 91.7 programs of interest
Jazz Profiles Monday 9 pm
Bone Conduction Music Show Mon 10 pm
Green Eyed Soul Tuesday 9 pm
Piano Jazz Thursday 7 pm
Jazz Set Friday 7 pm
Tropical Reggae Friday 10 pm
Afropop Worldwide Saturday
BLACK HISTORY resources are featured this month at http://www.ed.gov/free. See first person accounts of slavery and photos of former slaves. Learn about abolition, the Civil War, western migration, Jim Crow, the church in Southern black communities, and Brown v. Board of Education. Read about Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, Jackie Robinson, and other leaders and pioneers.
On Call Jazz at the Coal Street Pub: February 16, 7pm. (buy some food and drink and tip the band.
Woven into the fabric of Multicultural Gallup are influences from every continent of the globe. The character of Gallup has been greatly influenced by Asians, Europeans, and Africans and others settling here in Native America.
http://www.blackhistory.com/

http://www.jeannepasero.com/blacklinks.html

http://afroamhistory.about.com/blblackhistorymonth.htm

http://online-study-guide.com/history/black-african-american.html

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/blkhistorymonth/index.htm

http://members.lycos.co.uk/blackfigures/

http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/a/065490.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa020600Ba.htm
http://www.free.ed.gov/
African American History Month -- Find 60 resources for learning about Frederick Douglass, the Harlem Renaissance, the 369th Infantry, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement, and more.