LCCC celebrates Black History Month with "King's Dream" performance

February 24th WNEP-TV 16

By Chelsea Strub

All month long, students at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke have waited for a performance coming to the school's cafeteria.*

"I'm looking forward to the singing and the storytelling, and they're going to take us through the Civil Rights era, and it's going to be a performance. So I'm looking forward to that," said Wanda Walker, LCCC Multicultural Club President.

A performance titled King's Dream by Key Arts Productions featuring music, narration, and film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's role in the Civil Rights Movement.

It is one of many ways students and staff are observing Black History Month.

"Most people don't know about the contributions that most of these ethnic groups have contributed to African American culture as a whole," said Cynthia Gadsden, a student.

Members of LCCC's Multicultural Club want other students to learn about Dr. King's work and other important contributions from historical black figures that help shape our lives today.

"I'm hoping that many people, students and faculty and every one of the kind, do stop by and become more informed of the presentation and just learn a little bit more about Black culture and the different aspects of variations of black culture that there is and that we have to offer," said Gadsden.

"I would say knowledge. I feel like it's good for everybody to know black history just because they, the people, play like a big role in our society," said Aniyah Irving, a student.

"It's just important. We made some very important contributions to this nation, and it shouldn't just be in February. This is an all-round thing, you know, and we're here, and we're going to be here to stay," said Walker.