With the help of the community, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus’s THON Committee has raised over $5,000 toward its overall goal this year as the committee works to fight childhood cancer through the Four Diamonds Fund.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is inviting prospective students and their families to visit the campus during an open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Abolitionist and activist Frederick Douglass delivered a speech at the National Convention of Colored Men in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 24, 1883, that presented a case for the necessity of an event dedicated to the Black community — to secure full voting rights and fair and equal treatment.
Keith David is an Emmy Award-winning narrator, Juilliard classically trained actor, voiceover artist and singer. He will present a dramatic reading of a speech by Frederick Douglass in 1883.
