UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Performing Arts Council and Student Affairs offices, Student Leadership & Involvement, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, and the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity will bring the Black History 101 Mobile Museum to Penn State's University Park campus on Feb. 21 to celebrate Black History Month.
Educator and scholar Khalid el-Hakim established the Black History 101 Mobile Museum in 1995. He stands as its founder and curator. The mobile museum is a renowned repository of more than 10,000 original artifacts ranging from the trans-Atlantic slave trade to hip-hop culture. It has a diverse collection of authentic documents bearing the signatures of revered figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Angela Davis, Carter G. Woodson, Mary Mcleod Bethune and many more.
The mobile museum is the premier traveling exhibition of Black history in the nation, and it has visited numerous colleges, corporate spaces, libraries, festivals and conferences spanning more than 40 states and 1,000 institutions.
The Black History 101 Mobile Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, in 129 ABC HUB-Robeson Center. There will be a featured speaker from noon to 1 p.m. to give context on the museum. Food also will be provided.