Randall Robinson, human rights advocate and author of The Debt – What America Owes to Blacks, and David Driskell, nationally recognized as an authority on African American art, are speakers for The Ohio State University’s Office of Minority Affairs’ (OMA) open house celebration commemorating the 12^th Anniversary of the Frank W. Hale, Jr., Black Cultural Center on Thursday (4/26). 

            Robinson, a Harvard-trained attorney, will participate in a town hall meeting, followed by a question and answer session, at 2 p.m. in the Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road.

Driskell, Distinguished University Professor of Fine Art at The University of Maryland, College Park, will address the campus and Columbus community at 5:30 p.m. at the Hale Center, 153 W. 12^th Ave. 

            This event is co-sponsored by The Ohio State University’s Office of Minority Affairs and The Urban Business Professional Council in Columbus. 

WHAT:           Randall Robinson, human rights and reparations advocate and author of The Debt – What America Owes to Blacks, and David Driskell, nationally recognized as an  authority of African American art, are speakers for OMA’s open house celebration.  

WHEN:           2 p.m., Thursday (4/26) – Randall Robinson                

                        5:30 p.m., Thursday (4/26) – David Driskell

WHERE:        The Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Road – Randall Robinson  

                        The Hale Black Cultural Center, 153 W. 12^th Ave. – David Driskell     

WHY:              Ohio State’s Office of Minority Affairs’ open house celebration, commemorating the 12^th Anniversary of the Frank W. Hale, Jr., Black Cultural Center.