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Tilden J. LeMelle, Former Hunter College Acting President Passes| Hunter College hunter.cuny.edu/news/tilden-j-…

American Voices — An Evening with Julia Alvarez | Hunter College hunter.cuny.edu/event/american…

April 2nd - Poetics of the Meantime: Black Feminist Ecologies docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@Passionweiss “If Not For Donald Trump, Sinners Would Have Won More Oscars” is new NEWSWEEK opinion piece from Kevin Powell: newsweek.com/if-not-for-don…

Women's History Month 2026 at the Center for Black Literature: conta.cc/4rdCbo3

Salsa giant Willie Colón passed away this morning. According to a statement released on his official Facebook page, he died peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones May he Rest In Peace 🕊️

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 A trailblazer in the civil rights movement and Democratic politics, Jackson championed the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

The brilliant scholar-activist #NicoleFleetwood keynote lecture “ ‘We have the Receipts': Black Documentary and Archival Traditions and the Refusal of Erasure."@hunter_college @#BlackHistory100

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy | Bad Bunny~ The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future theguardian.com/music/2026/feb…

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future. As we mark 100 years of celebrating Black history, let’s honor the sacrifices of the leaders who came before us, and recommit ourselves to continuing their work.

Historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson created #BHM to bring awareness to the contributions of African Americans and chose February as Negro History Week in 1926 to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The week became #BHM in 1976. #BlackHistory100

Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86 - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/…

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old, she had a "life history of being rebellious" and had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

UW-Madison launches Puerto Rican studies hub with $3M grant jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/…

Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed | Texas | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies After 41 Years in Exile | The New Republic newrepublic.com/post/201008/as…

Juneteenth is the most widely known US emancipation celebration – but it’s not the only one theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/…

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2025/may…