black history month

The Daily has partnered with University Archives to shed light on Case Western Reserve University’s history each month. Follow The Daily to get your fill, and check out Digital Case to find even more information. In response to calls from students to enhance the university’s offerings in courses re...

The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) sponsors the Power of Diversity Lecture Series to inspire campus dialogue, community engagement and civic education and learning about the national narrative on diversity and inclusion. The series includes distinguished guest speakers...

As part of his lineup of speaking engagements at Case Western Reserve University, Dexter R. Voisin, the new dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, will give the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month keynote address. Voisin will take inspirat...

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of the rich cultural heritage of African Americans, and a time to recognize the many contributions and sacrifices they made that helped shape the United States. To learn more about the history of the month, The Daily sat down with Randy Blackf...

Curtis Merriweather Jr. was at the bank when his phone buzzed with an email that he’d been nominated to attend a White House summit on minority government-contract opportunities. Curtis Merriweather Jr. “I read the letter and said, ‘Is this a joke?’” said Merriweather, a Case Western Reserv...

Throughout February, in honor of Black History Month, we will be highlighting people and organizations that have made an impact on the Case Western Reserve community and society as a whole. Double alumna Stephanie Tubbs Jones (FSM ’71, LAW ’74), founded the university’s Afro-American Society (now ...

David L. Moody will present a lecture titled “Sing, My Brother, Sing! Black Liberation Theology, Christian Hip-Hop, and Youth Ministries” on Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 3 to 4:15 p.m. in Room 206 of Clark Hall. Moody is the author of Political Melodies in the Pews? The Voice of the Black Christian Rapp...

The documentary Black Indians: An American Story will be played on Tuesday, Feb. 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room A9 of Crawford Hall. The documentary will be followed by a discussion led by Susan Dominguez, SAGES Teaching Fellow in the Department of English. Black Indians: An American Story follo...

A Social Justice Teach-In will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center. The Teach-In will feature a keynote and performances by Olmeca, a Latinx hip-hop artist, activist, producer, and scholar. Attendees can also choose from several workshops that...

In honor of Black History Month, throughout February, we will be highlighting black leaders, alumni and organizations that have made an impact on the Case Western Reserve community and society as a whole. Frederick Douglass, a prominent abolitionist and ex-slave, visited Cleveland several times to ...