International human-rights advocate to speak at Ohio State
Robinson gives final lecture for United Black World Month

Randall Robinson, Harvard-trained attorney and international human-rights advocate, will present the final lecture for the United Black World Month, culminating a month of events designed to create awareness of African-American heritage, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Ohio Union West Ballroom, 1739 N. High St. This event is free and open to the public.

Author of the national best seller The Debt: What America Owes Blacks, Robinson is president of the Washington-based TransAfrica Forum, an organization dedicated to changing the United States’ foreign policy toward Africa and the Caribbean.

Currently, Robinson is working to highlight the impact of globalization on Africa, the Caribbean and America; to alert Americans to the causes and implications of America’s prison industrial complex; and to win support for reparations for African-Americans.

This event is sponsored by Blue Chip Broadcasting; the Panhellenic Council at Ohio State; and the Office of Minority Affairs’ Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center, Retention Services’ African-American Mentoring Program and Young Scholars Program.

WHAT:Lecture given by Randall Robinson, president of Washington-based TransAfrica forum and author of The Debt: What America Owes Blacks.

WHEN:7:30 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28

WHY:Culminating event for United Black World Month