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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 20, 1992                   TAG: 9202200204
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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BLACK CULTURAL CENTER LECTURE

"Race Relations and Black Social Life in Montgomery County" will be discussed Tuesday in a lecture by Michael Cooke, an assistant history professor at Virginia Tech.

The lecture will be held in the Black Cultural Center in Squires Student Center at 7 p.m. It draws on Cooke's recent oral-history research among black residents of the county. He will cover such topics as early social clubs, education, mining, railroads, black-owned businesses and integration.

The free lecture is sponsored by Concerned Citizens of Nellies Cave Community. A reception follows. Call 552-5278.

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