EAST LANSING  The Rev. Al Sharpton, U.S. Rep. John Lewis and    actor/singer Harry Belafonte will all be visiting East Lansing    next month as part of a Michigan State lecture series.  
        The William G. Anderson Lecture Series Slavery to Freedom: An    American Odysseys 15th annual iteration will bring all    three prominent civil rights leaders to Michigan States campus    for separate lectures during February.  
    The first lecture will feature Lewis, D-Georgia, speaking at    noon Feb. 6 at the Kellogg Center, 219 S. Harrison Road. Prior    to Lewis lecture, there will be a reception at 11:15 a.m.    where members of the audience can speak with the    representative.  
    Belafonte is scheduled to speak at 5 p.m. Feb. 12 at the    Kellogg Center. The reception for Belafonte will take place    after his lecture.  
    The final lecture in the series will be Sharptons talk at 7:30    p.m. Feb. 26 at the Wharton Center, 750 E. West Shaw Lane. The    reception for Sharpton will also take place following his    lecture.  
    MSUs College of Osteopathic Medicine puts on the lecture    series. Laura Probyn, a spokeswoman for the college, said the    annual series is done in the honor of Anderson, who works out    of MSUs Detroit Medical Center.  
    This has been his life, Probyn said Monday. Hes lived it    and hes seen what has transpired He and other leaders in the    college feel the importance of continuing, this year especially    with whats going on nationally, . to keep alive the    discussion around civil rights.  
    Its the first time all three speakers will have taken part in    the lecture series.  
    Lewis is a recent winner of the Medal of Freedom, the nations    highest civilian honor, and is the only winner of the Profile    in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.    He was a keynote speaker at the March on Washington and a    founder and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating    Committee. Hes served in the U.S. House of Representatives    since 1987.  
    Belafonte is an activist, singer, songwriter, actor on both    Broadway and on-screen and a producer. He was active in the    American civil rights movement and worked to end apartheid in    South Africa. Hes been successful commercially as well, as his    album Calypso was the first ever album to sell more than a    million copies. He was also the first black producer to win an    Emmy award, for the production of An Evening With Belafonte.  
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. John Lewis and Harry Belafonte to speak at Michigan State next month