Black History Month

History of the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

• Focus, Resistance & Joy

• Brown v. Board of Education

• How Literacy Became a Powerful Weapon in the Fight to End Slavery

• Little Rock Nine

• James Meredith at Ole Miss

• Black Student Walk-out

• THE MEDICAL CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

• Celebrating 10 African-American medical pioneers

• Why African Americans Were More Likely to Die During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

• Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study

VSU Fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony: A Lovely Day

• 11 Anthems of Black Pride and Protest Through American History
• 25 songs of social justice, freedom, civil rights and hope to honor Black History Month

• The Black Panther Party

• How the Black Power Movement Influenced the Civil Rights Movement

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom

• Fair Housing Act

• Shirley Chisholm Runs for President, 1972

• How Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition Championed Diversity

• Colin Powell Becomes Secretary of State, 2001

• Barack Obama Becomes 44th US President, 2008

• Kamala Harris becomes first female vice president

• Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists at the 1968 Olympics

• HISTORY OF NBA ACTIVISM Craig Hodges delivers an activist letter to President George H.W. Bush

• Jackie Robinson

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali spoke out publicly against the Vietnam War in 1967.

It was during the 2016 NFL preseason that Kaepernick began his protests, first by sitting during the playing of the national anthem and later by kneeling when the song was played. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.