A performance of Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One will be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Russell House Ballroom. The one-woman show, sponsored by Carolina Productions, will take the audience through history and tell the story of the Underground Railroad and how one woman’s remarkable determination made history.

Roosevelt Johnson’s nationally known comedy tour will be featured at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Russell House Ballroom. The Keepin’ It Real Comedy Show will include such performers as Darren “DS” Sanders, B Phlat, and Co Coa Brown, each of whom has been featured on shows such as Black Entertainment Television’s Comic View and HBO’s Russell Simmons Def Comedy Jam. The event is sponsored by Carolina Productions.

An exhibition of African-American Literature will be on display on the second floor the Russell House through February. The exhibit includes a comprehensive collection of African-American biographies, novels, and poetry.

Other events during Black History Month include:

• Langston Hughes Project, an evening of poetry and jazz, 8 p.m. Jan. 31, Capstone Ballroom, sponsored by Carolina Productions
  
• Discussion, “Role of Religion in the Black Community,” 6 p.m. Feb. 1, Russell House Theater, sponsored by: Association of African American Students
  
• Blood drive, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Feb. 3, Greene Street, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
  
• Panel discussion, “Brown v. Board of Education,” 3 p.m. Feb. 6, McKissick Museum, featuring authors and historians, with Dan T. Carter, USC’s Education Foundation Professor of History, as moderator
  
• Lecture, "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Reflections on Youth Activism and the Modern African American Freedom Struggle," Waldo Martin, professor of history at the University of California Berkeley, 4 p.m., Feb. 7, College of Nursing, Room 231. Followed by reception and book signing of Martin's No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar Politics, 5:30–7 p.m.
• Expo, “Hair and Beauty,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Russell House Ballroom, sponsored by the USC NAACP. Admission is $2 students, $3 general admission.
  
• “Open Mic” Poetry Slam, 7 p.m. Feb. 9, Russell House, Room 322/326, sponsored by SAVVY
  
• Formal dinner and dance, “African-American Heritage Gala, Feb. 10, sponsored by USC NAACP. Tickets are $5 in advance, $10 at the door.
  
• Filmscreenings and lecture by filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Feb. 15–16: Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice, 7 p.m. Feb. 15, Nickelodeon Theater, South Main St. Admission is $5.50 for students, $6.50 general admission; and A Place of Our Own, noon Feb. 16, Russell House Theater. Both screenings will be followed by discussion with Nelson.
• Film, The Murder of Emmett Till, 7 p.m., Belk Auditorium. Followed by panel discussion with Stanley Nelson, Rose Marshall, Cleveland Sellers, Dan Streible.
• Black History Month Quiz Bowl, 7 p.m. Feb. 17, Russell House, Room 322/326, sponsored by USC NAACP
  
• Fences, a play by August Wilson and performed by the student acting group Write Direction, 8 p.m. Feb. 21, Russell House Ballroom
  
• “Keeping it Real Lecture,” featuring Joelle Davis-Carter, director at the University of Maryland, 6 p.m. Feb. 22, Russell House Theater, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
  
• “One Mic” Coffee House, featuring poet Hayden Greene, 7 p.m. Feb. 24, Capstone Conference Center, sponsored by the Greek Life Office and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
  
• “Chamber of Oppression,” interactive skits to address various forms of oppression, 8 p.m. March 1, Russell House Ballroom, sponsored by: Association of African American Students.
  

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