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  • Freedom Riders Documentary Screening

    B-216

      Movie screening and discussion of the story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called the Freedom Riders who in 1961 creatively challenged segregation in the American South. Sponsored by Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc.

  • Black History Month

    Black Student Union Office

    Join the Black Student Union in a discussion addressing the struggles of African American people as they relate to some of the current struggles in today’s society. Sponsored by the Black Student Union

  • Black Girls Rock

    H-Wing Auditorium

    5:30pm, H-Wing Auditorium Ebony Women for Social Change will discuss very powerful and influential African American women and their legacies followed by special performances that will share talents through dance, song, poetry, and monologues. Sponsored by Ebony Women for Social Change

  • History of Civil Rights Movement

    Black Student Union Office

    There will be a special presentation of the Civil Rights progress from the years of 1954-1968. Martin Luther King’s leadership played a vital role in the Civil Rights movement and his followers continued to fight for change long after his death. It is very important to know and understand the events leading up to King’s […]

  • Nelson Mandela Discussion

      A discussion facilitated by the Students of Caribbean Ancestry covering the life of Nelson Mandela as one of the great leaders of our time; an international hero whose lifelong […]

  • Black Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education: a case regarding school desegregation, decided by the Supreme Court in 1954. The Court ruled that segregation in public school is prohibited by the constitution […]

  • The Shipment

    Ebony Women for Social Change will be showing the Shipment, a play written by Young Jean Lee. This “black identity political show” as Lee states will confront, provoke, and challenge […]

  • The Color Purple Broadway Play

    The Center for Student Involvement will be selling tickets for you to enjoy at night to see The Color Purple on Broadway. Tickets will be going on sell January 28th. […]