As Black History Month ends, there are some conversations to be had and questions to be considered about the practices of the month.
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The University of Maryland hosted its third annual Black History Month (BHM) Read-a-Thon on Feb. 17. For three hours, faculty, staff and students could listen to readings of passages and quotes from Black authors, leaders and innovators, according to the event calendar from the School of Architecture.
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Black History Month is almost over but it’s never too late to support Black creatives through reading, listening to or watching their works. Check out some of our recommendations to look at this month!
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As Black History Month comes to a close, it is important to continue appreciating what makes the Black experience what it is. Combs, broken brushes, durags and edge control are all words that the Black community associates with our hair. Because we live in a predominately white world, our hair gets policed and criticized as “unprofessional.” Noticing this, a student took it upon herself to show how diverse and amazing Black hair really is.
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University of Maryland alumni described their time as students during the “Say It Loud: A Black Terpspective” virtual panel on Thursday.
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The film follows the life of Fred Hampton (played by Kaluuya), the chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, and William O’Neal (played by co-star LaKeith Stanfield), the undercover FBI informant in the late 1960s. Although it’s centered around the inner workings of O’Neal’s betrayal, it also gives insight into what Hampton’s personal life was like as well as the work the Black Panther party did.
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Jasmin Dixon felt distraught and confused after being unexpectedly laid off from an investment firm in D.C. She had been at this corporate job for a little over six months prior to her termination and was the only black woman in a department dominated by white men. For the entire duration of her lunch break, she cried on the phone with her dad as she worried about her recently purchased townhome and an upcoming vacation.
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The Nyumburu Cultural Center has been hosting the Black History Month Kick-Off since 1971 on the University of Maryland’s Campus. This year, the national theme is “African Americans and The Vote.”
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