The festival, "Ensuring Black StudiesŠfor Future Generations," will open with a lecture and poetry reading by East St. Louis Poet Laureate Eugene Redmond, a professor at English and chair of the creative writing committee at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, at 11 a.m. on Nov. 4 in the Oviatt Library Presentation Room. A barbecue reception will follow.

On Monday, Nov. 6, students from the Omowale Ujamaa Northwest Community School, an African-centered private school in Pasadena, will present an "Ancestor's Day" program honoring African Americans who have made a contribution to this nation's history. The presentation will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the Grand Salon of the University Student Union.

The Pan-African Studies celebration will conclude Tuesday, Nov. 7, with a tribute to CSUN professor David L. Horne from 5 to 8 p.m. in the University Club.

The festival is sponsored by CSUN's Pan-African Studies Department and W.E.B. DuBois-Fannie Lou Hammer Institute. For more information, call (818) 677-3311.

California State University, Northridge has more than 27,000 full- and part-time students and offers 48 bachelor's and 39 master's degrees. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley.