Tag: black history
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Black History Month and Swarthmore College Exhibits
By Chris Densmore, Curator of the Friends Historical Library As you walk into McCabe Library, there is a wooden bench and a photograph of the Longwood Progressive Friends Meetinghouse near Kennett Square immediately to your right. The bench is from Longwood. Longwood’s annual meeting, beginning in 1853 and ending in 1940, was a chance to discuss a broad range…
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Black History Month – February 2015
Let us draw your attention to this announcement about Black History Month from our friends in The Black Cultural Center Black History Month – February 2015 The events below are a part of the Black History Month series of events for 2015, sponsored by The Black Cultural Center, Black Studies, The Dean’s Office, The Office of the…
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1969: The Revolutionary Spring of Black Students by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
1969: The Revolutionary Spring of Black Students by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is Professor of Africana Studies at University at Albany, SUNY February 5, 2015 4:30-6:00 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall Swarthmore College (directions to campus) From 1965 to 1972, Black students and their allies waged the most transformative antiracist social…