Presenter Morgan “Wmalim” Peters (left) with Woods Hole Black History Month Committee Chair, Lionel Hall (right).

The Woods Hole Black History Month celebration kicked off Friday February 2 with a presentation by Morgan Mwalim Peters, a performer, storyteller, artist, and professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Peters discussed historical links in both the oral narrative and musical traditions of Native American and African American cultures and examined their influences on our current popular culture. This year’s Woods Hole Black History Month theme is “From Slavery to Freedom.” Events will continue to be held on Friday afternoons in February. On February 9, Dr. Ronald E. Mickens, a professor at Clark Atlanta University, will present on the African American presence in science. On February 15, Dr. Spencer Holland will discuss ways in which school systems fail African American males. On February 22, the Woods Hole Black History Month will have its final event, the Harambee, a potluck feast at the Swope. Posted February 7, 2007