‘How Rock N Roll Tore Down the Walls of Segregation’

Rhythm and Blues and Rock N Roll had a tremendous impact on changing American society’s view of race, says legendary music producer-turned-historian Steve Buckingham.

Buckingham will explain how the music of such greats as Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, and even Elvis Presley played a vital role in integrating society when he brings his “How Rhythm and Blues and Rock N Roll Tore Down the Walls of Segregation” presentation to Penn State Harrisburg February 18.

Shaun Gabbidon named distinguished professor

Penn State Harrisburg criminal justice faculty member Shaun L. Gabbidon has become the second scholar in the college’s history to be named a Distinguished Professor by the University’s Office of the President.

Since joining the School of Public Affairs faculty and its undergraduate and graduate programs in Criminal Justice in 1999, Gabbidon has built a national and international reputation for his research and writing on criminal justice issues, including race and crime, security administration, and pedagogical issues in criminology/criminal justice.

Diversity series features daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.

A March 2 appearance by the daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlights Penn State Harrisburg’s five-installment 2010 diversity lecture series.

Bernice A. King, the youngest daughter of Rev. King and the late Coretta Scott King, will highlight the second annual Women for Diversity Award Dinner at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Tickets for the dinner and lecture are $90. For information on the 5:30 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. lecture, phone 717-948-6180.

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