With origins dating back to 1926, as “Negro History Week”, Black History Month was first proposed by a group of Black students at Kent State University in 1969. By 1976, it was celebrated across the US and was officially recognized by President Gerald Ford during the celebration of the US Bicentennial. Today, it is celebrated in the US, Canada, The United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. As Actor and Director, Morgan Freeman, famously noted, “Black History is American History.”
The Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Dean’s Diversity Council invites you to join us in celebrating Black History Month.
- We invite you to take a look at the fabulous collection of photos and bios from CSU’s Cleveland Press Collection and the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, in “Notable Blacks of Cleveland.”
We also urge you to attend the many events that are part of our continuing conversation as a community:
- Levin Dean’s Forum/Diversity Council: “Census 2020: What You Need to Know” in the atrium on Tuesday, February 11 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm
- Project 400/Division of Diversity, Inclusion & University Engagement event with Robin DiAngelo (“White Fragility”) and Jennifer Eberhardt (“Biased”) Feb 8th 1:00 to 3:30 pm
- Black History Month 2020 Events from the City of Cleveland
We also call your attention to the following:
- Division of University Engagement: A message from the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
- "Images" CSU Black Studies on the Radio: A half-hour public affairs broadcast of discussions and conversations with local, national, and international guests, every Sunday at 10:00 am - WERE-AM/1490 and Wednesday at 12:30 pm - WCSB/89.3