Mineola, NY-Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams (D-Hempstead), together with County Executive Thomas Suozzi, announce an extensive schedule of programs, lectures and panel discussion at the African American Museum, presented in February in observance of African American History Month.

The program will highlight the history and culture of African American and are planned for every Sunday and Wednesday throughout the month of February. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, February 5
"Tracing Your Roots", Julius and Joysetta Pearse, Founders, African Atlantic Genealogical Society

Sunday, February 9
"African Origin of Hip Hop"
Recording Artists Atiba Kwabena-Wilson
Traditional African rhythms and beats and their influence and impact on spiritual, gospel, blues. Jazz, R&B, rap and present-day hip hop sound. Discussion will include musical interludes illustrating the various sounds. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, February 12
"Blacks in the Military"
Dr. Leroy Ramsey, George Jones and Stanley Semple, noted military historians

Sunday, February 16
Gallery Talk: "Angels of Deliverance"
Willie Houston, museum director
Slavery, the abolition movement and the Underground Railroad

Wednesday, February 19
"Unfinished Task"
Rev. Dr. H. David Parker, D.D. of Emanuel Baptists Church if Hempstead
Following Rev. Parker's lecture, Village of Hempstead Mayor James Garner will present a bronze bust of himself for the museum's permanent collection. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Inc. Village of Hempstead

Sunday, February 23
"Back History Lost, Stolen or Strayed"
Steve Lloyd, director of Intercultural Affairs, Nassau County Human Rights Commission and former instructor of Black Social Philosophy, Nassau Community College
Sponsored by the Central Nassau Club, National Association of Business and Professional Negro Women, Inc.

Wednesday, February 26
"Blacks and the Law: From Emancipation to the Civil Rights Movement"
Panel Discussion

The Sunday programs will be held room 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Wednesday programs will be held room 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The month-long program is co-sponsored by the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums, and The Friends of the African American Museum of Nassau County and the African Atlantic Genealogical Society.

Also at the Museum: "Angels of Deliverance: The Underground Railroad"-This highly regarded exhibit, on loan from the Queens Historical Society, chronicles the anti-slavery movement on Long Island from the early 1700's to the Civil War.

The African American Museum is located at 110 North Franklin Street in Hempstead. It is open Wednesday from 2 to 9 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4:45 p.m. For more information, call 516-572-0730.