The annual celebration of Black History Month at California University of Pennsylvania will feature an expanded list of programs and speakers through February, and all are open to the public.

The keynote speaker will be Mary Frances Berry, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. Her presentation will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Natali Student Center's Performance Center.

Appointed by President Carter and confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Dr. Berry was one of the founders of the Free South Africa Movement in the 1980s, which instigated protests at the South African Embassy in the successful struggle for democracy in South Africa.

She has received more than 30 honorary degrees and numerous awards for her public service and scholarly activities, and the Women's Hall of Fame named her one of the women of the century.

Other guest speakers will be on campus every Thursday throughout February.

On Feb. 14, Charles Robinson will present "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? College Students and Interracial Relationships in the New Millennium," at 11 a.m. in Duda Hall, room 103. Dr. Robinson is the director of African American Studies at the University of Arkansas. He is also a recipient of the Fulbright Master Teacher Award.

Carnegie Mellon University's Joe W. Trotter, a specialist in U.S. urban, labor and African-American history, will speak at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at a location to be announced on "African Americans in Industrial America."

Will Torrence, a scholar in health policy issues and a faculty member of the School of Health, Physical Education & Recreation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will present "Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness: Health Care as a Civil Right" on Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. in room 103 of Duda Hall.

For more information on the month's activities, visit www.cup.edu, call Kelton Edmonds, assistant professor in the history and political science department, 724-938-5788, or e-mail Edmonds_k@cup.edu.