On Thursday February 20th, students and faculty enjoyed a dynamite Soul Food Dinner prepared by guest chef Velma McAdoo. The following week, Professor Leslie Brown expanded on that revitalization in a dinner lecture on “Black Power in the Civil Rights Era”. Kendi to present a lecture on Revitalizing the Black Campus Movement. The next day, we facilitated the thought-provoking interdisciplinary panel “Exploring the Implications of the Black Body.” The event featured Professors Nimu Njoya, Sandra Burton, and James Manigault-Bryant, as well as visiting visual activist Zanele Muholi. We kicked off our heritage month on Claiming Williams Day by facilitating a Q&A with renowned poet of Striver’s Row, Joshua Bennett. I mean it’s over halfway through the semester so we’ll reflect on BSU happenings so far this Spring.Īs a centerpiece of our annual programming, we presented Black History Month 2014, “A Celebration of Blackness.” According to several faculty members and students, BHM 2014 was on point. No, I don’t mean the dreaded papers and exams that we just put behind us.
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