Malcolm-Jamal Warner will present a speech as part of UCA’s celebration of Black History Month on Thursday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus. The event is free and open to the public, and it is co-sponsored by Students for the Propagation of Black Culture, the UCA Student Government Association, the UCA Student Activities Board, the UCA Honors College, the UCA President’ s Office, and UCA’s Office of Minority Student Services.
Warner is a well-respected actor and director who first rose to national prominence starring on the celebrated and long-running classic television series The Cosby Show. He has continued to achieve success as an actor, but also has received accolades as a poet and bass player. Warner along with his jazz-funk bank Miles Long has performed in several major jazz festivals including the Playboy Jazz Festival and has opened for such high profile acts as Earl Klugh and the late Luther Vandross as well as his recent appearance at the historic Apollo Theater.Warner made his feature film debut in Drop Zone and can be seen in the comedy-adventure Fools Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, and Donald Sutherland. Warneralso co-starred in the independent films, Restaurant with Adrien Brody, A Fare to Remember, and The List with Wayne Brady.
On stage, Warner has starred in the off-Broadway play Three Ways Home, Cryin
