Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will host their 11^th Annual Black History Month Celebration on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 6pm. This year's event will include key note speaker Herb Boyd, a reporter for Amsterdam News, and guest speaker Eric Martin '06, president of the Pendant Group. Additionally, entertainment will provided by Voices of Virtue, Inc.
 
Along with being a journalist, Boyd is an award winning author and has published over 20 books and dozens of articles for national magazines and articles. Along with his writing, Boyd is national and international correspondent for Free Speech TV. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Boyd teaches African and African-American History at the College of New Rochelle in the Bronx, and is an adjunct instructor at City College in the Black Studies Department.
 
Martin, a 2006 graduate of Adelphi University and former member of the men's basketball team recently began his own company, The Pendant Group, where he is the President. As a student-athlete, he appeared in 100 games, averaged 7.3 points per contest, and helped the Panthers to an 86-35 record which included three NCAA Tournament appearances and two New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC) Championships.
 
Voices of Virtue, Inc., a community based choir and non-profit organization will provide the entertainment. Voices of Virtue has traveled the world, sharing their talents and competing in places such as Prague, Verona and Austria.

The event consists of a buffet dinner in the Campbell Lounge located in the Center for Recreation and Sport. Over the years, with the assistance of the Multicultural Alumni Chapter, it has attracted many alumni back to campus, many who had lost touch with the university.

Past keynote speakers include former Adelphi Dean of Athletics and Head Track Coach Ron Bazil, Congressman Gregory Meeks '75, author Patricia Elam '76, and Board of Trustees Kenneth Banks '74, Dr. N. Gerry House, attorney/author Alicia M. Crowe, NCAA VP for Diversity & Inclusion, Charlotte Westerhaus, ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling and most recently Ret. Brig. General Sheila Baxter.