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Denzel Washington plays coach Herman Boone in the drama Remember the Titans. The film gets a free showing Friday at the Pawtucket Family YMCA.
Exhibit.

Strange Fruit: An Exhibit on Lynching and Hate Crimes, University of Rhode Island Providence Campus, 80 Washington St., Providence. 277-5206; .

Featuring artwork, photographs and news clippings from the collections of documentary filmmaker Gode Davis (including his film trailer) and artists Bob Dilworth, Ken Gonzales-Day and Reuven Wallack. Mon-Thu 9 am-9 pm; Fri-Sat 9 am-4 pm.
THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 Bellini Ruggeri Gallery, 182 Wayland Ave.

, Providence. 632-4064. Angelo Rosati s Black Fine Art Collection, featuring works created during the 1960s and 70s.

Opening reception, Thu 6:30-8:30 pm. Tue-Sat 11 am-5 pm, Gallery Night until 9 pm, and by appointment.
Exhibit: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Sally, Hope Library, 374 North Rd.

, Scituate (Hope). 821-7910. Mon, Fri, Sat 10 am-5 pm; Tue-Thu 1-8 pm.

Exhibit: Black Grays and Colored Giants: Black Baseball in Rhode Island, 1886-1949, Rhode Island College, Adams Library, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence. 456-8255; . Exhibit provides a history of black baseball in the Ocean State and commemorates the athletes who made it possible.

Mon-Thu 8 am-10 pm, Fri 8 am-5 pm, Sat 11 am-5 pm, Sun 1-9 pm.
Exhibit: Breaking the Barriers, International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum, 194 Bellevue Ave., Newport.

849-3990; . Exhibit honoring the achievements of African-Americans in tennis features objects from the museum s permanent collection as well as items on loan from the New York Public Library s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, including rare photographs, trophies, memorabilia and printed materials depicting the story of African-Americans in tennis. Daily 9:30 am-5 pm.

$9, seniors/military/students with ID $7, children 16 and younger $5, family $23.
Exhibit: Original Document Emancipating Slaves in Rhode Island, State House, outside the office of Secretary of State Ralph A. Mollis, Smith Street, Providence.

Also on view, reproduced petitions calling for an end to discrimination in schools. Part of the State Archives holdings. Mon-Fri 8:30 am-5:30 pm.

Mollis will bring some of the documents to schools across the state.; call ahead to be sure documents are not in classrooms.
THROUGH MARCH 11 Black Maria, Providence Black Repertory Company, 267 Westminster St.

, Providence. 351-0353, ext. 2; .

or 621-6123; . Musical adaptation of Kevin Young s collection of noir poetry. Thu 7 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm; opening night celebration, Feb.

9 with wine reception at 7 pm, performance at 8 pm, celebration after performance with refreshments courtesy of Apsara, Blaze Eastside and Edible Arrangements. $18, students/seniors $10; every Sunday is pay-what-you-can. Closes March 11.

THURSDAY FREE African-American History Game Show, Bristol Community College, Commonwealth College Center, 777 Elsbree St., Fall River. (508) 678-2811.

Test your knowledge of African-American history in this trivia game show where contestants use hand-held controllers to compete for a $200 cash prize. 11 am-1 pm.
FREE Discussion: Women s Resistance to Slavery and the White Abolitionist Movement, Bristol Community College, Jackson Arts Center, Room H-209, 777 Elsbree Street, Fall River.

(508) 678-2811. Lecturer/researcher Delores Walters discusses the story of Margaret Garner (an enslaved black woman who killed her daughter rather than see her returned to slavery) and the white abolitionists, including the struggles enslaved women faced. 2 pm.

FREE Poetry Night: Black Heroic Struggle, Bristol Community College New Bedford Campus, County St., New Bedford. (508) 678-2811.

Poet Everett Hoagland, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, presents readings of selected poems based on the theme Black Heroic Struggle. Additional readings and music by BCC students and staff. The community invited to participate.

6 pm.
FRIDAY FREE Film Showing/Discussion: Remember the Titans, Pawtucket Family YMCA, 20 Summer St., Pawtucket.

727-7900. 7-9 pm. Film followed by a discussion.

Performance by Daniel McCain, rhythm and blues vocalist, Xxodus Caf , Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Westminster, Providence. 351-0353, ext. 102; .

10:30 pm. Part of the Mahogany Soul Showcase.
SUNDAY FREE Discussion: Free Indeed, Phillips Memorial Baptist Church, 565 Pontiac Ave.

, Cranston. 467-3300, ext. 1.

Discussion led by Shelia High King about four African-American Christians (James W.C. Pennington, Harriet Tubman, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks) and their struggle for equality.

9 am. Advance registration.
Ellen Craft: Self-Emancipated Woman, First Church of God, 209 Allen Ave.

, Peace Dale. 783-8324. Marcia Estabrook, of the Characters Educational Theater of Boston, reenacts the story of Ellen Craft, a light-skinned Georgia slave, who in 1848 began her escape from bondage disguised as a white man, her husband posing as her slave.

3-4:40 pm. $8, students $4, family $19 in advance; $1 extra at door. Recommended for ages 9 and older; child care provided.

Sound Reach Caf , Xxodus Caf , Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Westminster St., Providence. 351-0353, ext.

102. Featuring gospel artists Music One, Refined 313, Anointed and Trinity Rhodes, dancers and catered food. 6 pm.

$10.
Talk/Performance, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, 1958 Kingstown Rd., South Kingstown.

783-4170; . Charlie Donnelly leads a program about the Underground Railroad and Marcia Estabrook gives a brief performance. 10 am.

FREE Frank Ward Jr., bass-baritone, and Stephen Martorella, pianist, First Baptist Church in America, 75 North Main St., Providence.

454-3418; . Music by African-American composers circa 1900 including songs from minstrel/vaudeville/early musical theater shows. 4 pm.