The African Consciousness Celebration, “The Souls of Black Folk: Influences and Directions,” continues during the spring semester with a series of panel discussions and lectures by UD and visiting faculty.

On Wednesday, Feb. 27, Dr. Amii Omara-Otunna, associate professor of history and UNESCO Chair in Comparative Human Rights and executive director, University of Connecticut, African National Congress Partnership, will speak on “Race and Racism in the Global Village,” at 7 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center. The lecture will ask questions about the prophecy of W.E.B. Dubois, and how race and racism still affect human interactions. The event is cosponsored by CBC and the Delaware African Student Association.

At 5 p.m., Thursday, March 7, Elizabeth Higginbotham, UD professor of sociology, will discuss her new book, Too Much To Ask: Black Women In the Era of Integration, at the CBC, 192 South College Ave., as part of the center’s Faculty/Visiting Scholar Lecture Series.

Through its examination of the lives of 56 black women from middle- and working-class families who graduated from predominately white colleges in the years 1968-1970, the book looks at the connection between social class and their stories. Higginbotham, who graduated from the City College of New York, holds master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology from Brandeis University. She has previously co-edited Women and Work: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class, with Mary Romero, and also has published articles in Gender and Society, Women’s Quarterly.

At 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, Carol Henderson, UD professor of English, will moderate a panel of distinguished University faculty and community leaders in a discussion of “The Souls of Black Folk: Exploring African Diaspora Group Dynamics.” The event will be held in 140 Smith Hall and is cosponsored by the CBC and Each One Reach One.

From 2-4 p.m., Sunday, March 17, African-American students of distinction at UD will be honored and recognized for their outstanding achievements at a program in Clayton Hall.

At 7 p.m., Thursday, March 21, Christopher Edley will deliver the Louis Redding Diversity Lecture in 140 Smith Hall. He also will present UD’s Redding Diversity Award. Founding co-director of the Civil Rights Project, a Harvard-based multidisciplinary research and advocacy think tank, Edley is a member of the bipartisan U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

His book, Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action, Race and American Values, grew out of his work as special counsel to former President Bill Clinton and director of the White House Review of Affirmative Action.

This event is sponsored by the Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity.

For information on any of these events, call the CBC at 831-2991.