Black History Month

Black History Month is a time to honor and celebrate the accomplishments, contributions and rich legacy of Black Americans in the U.S. Its roots date back to 1926, when Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, established Negro History Week, celebrated during the second week of Febr...

Before history major Emma Kelly traveled to Jackson State University for an alternative winter break trip recently, she had been well educated about the police shootings that took place on the Mississippi campus on May 15, 1970, just days after the Ohio National Guard killed four students a...

The mural in this atrium is one of several in Oscar Ritchie Hall created by Kent State University alumnus Ernest Pryor. It honors the members of Black United Students who founded Black History Month at Kent State in February 1970.    Pryor's first murals were part of the 1972 redecoration of Oscar Ritchie Hall (which ha...

Feb. 1 marks the start of Black History Month. WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland looked at the origins of Black History Month and Kent State University’s connection to the monthlong celebration. Black History Month traces its roots to 1926, when Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and Histo...

Sun., Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. performance cancelled!  The Black (Music) History Month Concert scheduled for  Sun., Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. has been cancelled! Please check back - more information will be posted as it becomes available.  Kent, OH — Pianist and faculty artist Kent McWilliams will be performing on Sun., F...

Dr. Amoaba Gooden, chairperson of the Department of Pan-African Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, will speak at the Black Leadership, Partisan Politics & Social Activism Symposium being held at York University in Toronto, Canada on February 8 and 9, 2019. The symposium will bring together communit...

Communication Studies majors are playing vital roles in this year’s Black History Month celebration at Kent State University. Roslynn Porch, Dairia Harvin, Mary Rogers, Dwain Ross and Olivia Thompson are executive board members of Black United Students (BUS). Founded in 1968, BUS is one of the oldest student organizations on campus. ...

To commemorate Black History Month in February, Black United Students in partnership with the Department of Pan-African Studies is planning a series of programs and activities. Black History Month seeks to educate the Kent State community about African-American heritage, promote inclusion and a common understanding across cultures, and enh...