The 24th annual Black History and Scholarship Banquet will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Reardon Convention Center, 500 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
The keynote speaker will be State Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-29th Dist. Sen. Faust-Goudeau was the first black woman to serve in the Kansas Senate.
The event begins with a social hour at 5 p.m. Also, there will be an after-dinner dance at 8 p.m.
The host of the event will be Cynthia Newsome, KSHB-TV news anchor.
There will be live entertainment by KC Jazz and a poetry reading by Larry Guidry.
Pre-registration is encouraged. Tickets are $45 per person. Contact Deasiray Norris at 913-573-5110 for more information.