PHILIPSBURG-- Philipsburg Jubilee Library is hosting a Black History Month lecture based on the theme “Towards a discrimination-free society” Thursday from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Thursday’s keynote speaker is Jose Lake Jr.
He will be discussing the struggle for equal human rights in St. Maarten and for the realisation of the right of self-determination.
The evening also will include presentations by poet Akoma (Nigel Fabian) and Rui Bagina. Music will be provided by Far I (Winston C. Burnette).
The first Black History Month lecture was given on January 28 by Reverend Wycliffe Smith. Cultural presentations were made by Ras Bushman, poet Lenworth Wilson Jr., and the Seventh Day Adventist dance group Hands of Praise.
