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Students presenting stage production to observe Black History Month

A student-led stage production will round out the final week of Black History Month activities at Georgia Perimeter College.

Theater student Jeremiah Davison will direct a group of 17 students as they recite and perform poetry and speeches from black social reformers and writers such as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King Jr.

“Uniting Nations Interracially to Explore Diversity,” or UNITED, will be staged Feb. 25 at the Jim Cherry Auditorium on GPC’s Clarkston Campus. The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Admission is free.

“The sole purpose of this show is to highlight cultural unity,” Davison says.

Georgia Perimeter staff and students have hosted a number of black history events and activities throughout the month on all five campuses. GPC’s Newton Campus will sponsor a screening of the movie “Selma” at 1 p.m., also on Feb. 25.