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United Common Ground is offering a free showing of the film Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.

Madison College celebrates Black History Month

Rebecca Waraczynski, Business Director February 17, 2016

February marks Black History Month, during which we pay tribute to the significant African American roles and achievements that shaped American history. Since its inception in 1926, it has gone from...

Black History Month: We can do more for equality

Colin Bowden, Staff writer February 20, 2013

There are those for whom the next three words will haunt their every waking moment until Feb. 28: Black History Month. Carter G. Woodson developed the original “Negro History Week” with the hope that...

Food, music and black history

Andrew Killgallon, Arts & Cultures Editor March 9, 2011

With February being Black History Month, United Common Ground sponsored their annual Black History Luncheon on the Mitby Stage on the 24th. This afternoon filled with music, traditional cuisine, and dancing...

Off the Shelf: Civil war to civil rights, books tell black history

Renee Anhalt, Library staff February 23, 2011

In 1976, President Ford declared his intention to “honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every endeavor throughout our history” by designating the month of February Black...

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