Marquette invites all students, faculty and staff to participate in programs to celebrate Black History Month during February.
Following are the scheduled events as of Thursday, Jan. 30:
- National Marquette Day watch party with the Black Alumni Association
- Saturday, Feb. 1 | 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Elevate MKE (1131 N. Water St.)
- Join members of the Marquette University Black Alumni Association for a game-watching party as the men’s basketball team faces UConn. Register online.
- Black History Month Kick-off: soul food lunch and celebration
- Monday, Feb. 3 | Noon to 1:30 p.m. in AMU 163
- Things Your History Teacher Didn’t Teach You: Blacks in History – Part 2
- Wednesday, Feb. 5 | 12:15 p.m. in Eckstein Hall
- Derek Mosley, director of Marquette Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, will make this special presentation. For many, knowledge of the contributions of African Americans in America is limited. Historically, the contributions and stories of people of color in America have been minimized or ignored in American history textbooks. Mosley discusses the many contributions of African Americans, conveying that Black history is indeed U.S. history. Register online.
- Women’s basketball Black Fives game
- Wednesday, Feb. 5 | 6:30 p.m. in the Al McGuire Center
- Each year, the Big East Conference partners with the Black Fives Foundation, a nonprofit public charity dedicated to inspiring excellence in youth by preserving, teaching, and honoring the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. Prior to the integration of the NBA in 1950, a nationwide barnstorming circuit was created of independent African American teams. This era, which ran from the early 1900s to 1950, became known as the “Black Fives” Era, referring to the five starting players on a basketball team whose skill, athleticism and innovative style of play helped shape and popularize the game.
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day tabling
- Friday, Feb. 7 | 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the AMU Brew
- Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
- Friday, Feb. 14 | 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Raynor Library; noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Lemonis Center for Student Success
- This national event celebrates the life and legacy of abolitionist, orator and author Frederick Douglass through collective action — transcription — with the goal of increasing the accessibility of Black scholars’ and activists’ written records. This year’s transcribe-a-thon will focus the African American Perspectives Collection at the Library of Congress. Sign up for one of two time slots. Additionally, instructors are invited to incorporate transcribing into class meetings and campus groups can transcribe collectively during the week of Feb. 14. Contact the co-organizers by Feb. 1 to make arrangements.
- Social justice and solidarity conversation with Campus Ministry and RISE program
- Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in AMU 157
- Tea in the RC: Black queer history
- Wednesday, Feb. 19 | 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in AMU 140
- Women’s basketball pride night
- Wednesday, Feb. 19 | 6:30 p.m. in the Al McGuire Center
- Ebony Ball
- Friday, Feb. 21 | 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the AMU Monaghan Ballrooms
- The Ebony Ball is a formal event hosted during Black History Month that celebrates Black culture, beauty and achievement. This year’s keynote speaker is alumna Chinaza Nwaneri, Comm ’17, current Black Alumni Association board member and attorney for Google. Register online to attend.
- Black Joy exhibit
- Feb. 24-28 | AMU Rotunda
- This exhibit exemplifies the joy and compilation of Black culture at Marquette.
