Freer and Sackler galleries, the National Museum of 

 Natural History, and CAL. 



January 16 



■ Marketing Campaign The Office of Public Affairs 

 launched a year-long advertising campaign in two 

 Washington, D.C., Spanish-language newspapers. The 

 campaign gives biweekly highlights of Smithsonian 

 events of interest to the local Latino community. 



January 18 



■ Special Event The birthday of Martin Luther King, 

 Jr., was observed with a free program titled "Freedom Is 

 a Constant Struggle," examining the role of the Student 

 Non- Violent Coordinating Committee in the civil 

 rights movement. The event was presented by the Pro- 

 gram in African American Culture at the National 

 Museum of American History. 



January 20 



■ Lecture The renowned Nigerian writer Chinua 

 Achebe delivered the keynote address on "Martin 

 Luther King, Jr., and Africa" at the annual Martin 

 Luther King, Jr., holiday celebration. The event was 

 sponsored by the Secretary of the Smithsonian and 

 the Smithsonian's Cultural Education Committee. 



January 20 



■ Marketing Campaign The Office of Public Affairs 

 began to air weekly advertisements on Washington, 

 D.C., radio stations WHUR-FM, WKYS-FM, and 

 WOL-AM. The campaign was a result of focus 

 groups held earlier in the fiscal year. As part of the 

 campaign kickoff, OPA shared sponsorship of a three- 

 hour Martin Luther King Day celebration on WKYS. 

 During January and February, listeners could call the 

 Smithsonian Information Center for a packet of infor- 

 mation on the Smithsonian and its Black History 

 Month events. 



January 21 



■ Speech W. Richard West, Jr., director of the Na- 

 tional Museum of the American Indian, delivered the 

 keynote address to the annual meeting of the Allied 

 Arts Foundation, which supports seven Oklahoma 

 City arts organizations. 



January 22—24 



■ Dedication An 11-meter optical reflector designed to 

 complement an existing 10-meter instrument in 

 programs of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy at the 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Whipple 

 Observatory was dedicated with ceremonies on the 

 mountain and a related international workshop. 



January 27 



■ Lecture A Woodrow Wilson Center Evening 

 Dialogue featured well-known author and Yale Univer- 

 sity professor Paul Kennedy, who presented a provoca- 

 tive talk on the status of U.S.— Japanese relations and 

 the future of the bilateral relationship in a rapidly 

 changing world. 



January 50 



■ Lectures Two sold-out Smithsonian Resident As- 

 sociate Program lectures featured architectural historian 

 Vincent Scully and Gloria Steinem in her second Smith- 

 sonian appearance under RAP's aegis. 



January 31 



■ Film Series "Daughters of the Dust," a highly 

 praised, feature-length film about a turn-of-the-century 

 African American Gullah family, had its Washington 

 premiere as part of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculp- 

 ture Garden's free film series. The series, also featuring 

 artist documentaries and films for young audiences, ran 

 throughout the fall, winter, and spring, frequently offer- 

 ing films to full houses in advance of their commercial 

 release. 



February 



■ Black History Month Special exhibitions, films, 

 lectures, performances, and workshops were 

 presented throughout the Institution in observance of 

 Black History Month. One highlight of the celebra- 

 tion was "Roots, Musically Speaking," a lecture 

 organized by the Wider Audience Development Pro- 

 gram, featuring Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, senior pastor 

 of Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, and 

 ethnomusicologist, speaking on the African roots of 

 black sacred music. 



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