Black History Month Facts
February 16 – The “we shall overcome” speech persuading congress to pass legislation needed to enforce the 15th Amendment which guarantees all Americans the right to vote was delivered by President Lyndon Johnson.
February 16 – The “we shall overcome” speech persuading congress to pass legislation needed to enforce the 15th Amendment which guarantees all Americans the right to vote was delivered by President Lyndon Johnson.
MSUM’s Interdisciplinary Center for Diversity and Social Justice Panel will be held on February 18th 1:30-3:00 in CMU 205. For more information, view the following flyer.
The first Afro-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Ralph Bunche.
The first Afro-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for her volume of poetry was Gwendolyn Brooks.
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be hosting a faculty/staff versus student slam poetry contest on Monday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union Underground. The event will include performances by the MSUM Percussion Ensemble and renowned jazz flautist Galen Abdur-Razzaq. If you are interested in serving on the faculty/staff team, please contact the team captain […]