Black History Month at Oberlin, recognized since 1967, has helped to foster greater awareness of the history, politics, culture, and economics of the African diaspora. Our annual celebration features prominent civic and political leaders, scholars, and musicians of African descent, as well as events in arts, literature, and performance aesthetics that make our observance more enriching. Our theme, 2020 Vision-Black in Focus, features a range of programs that explore the many facets of black arts, culture, and scholarship.
Noted scholar Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in 1926, now known as Black History Month. His extensive research on black life and culture continues today through the organization he founded: the Association for the Study of African American Life and History or ASALH.
Barbara Thelamour, assistant professor of psychology at the College of Wooster, will present her mixed-methods research on how African immigrants are perceived to adjust to black American culture...
Join us at the annual meal to kickoff Oberlin’s recognition of Black History Month, a monthlong celebration to recognize and honor the contributions, achievements, and legacy of African...
In this talk, Jonathan Holloway, provost and professor of history and African American studies at Nortwestern University, explores how ideas of racial belonging and citizenship are articulated...
Help celebrate the 50th year of Oberlin’s Department of Africana Studies and its companion Afrikan Heritage House as you learn about its past and present. Featured panelists will be Donna Akiba...
Please join the art department and Professor J. Lorand Matory, Lawrence Richardson Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University for the lecture, BDSM as an Afro-Atlantic Religio n. Through a...
As part of Black History Month, Latinx Music Union has collaborated with Oberlin College Black Musicians Guild and the Oberlin Jazz Society to invite the Afro-Puerto Rican dance group Instituto Folcl...
Lucy Haskell ’20 speaks about a quilt by Anna von Mertens, titled 6:01 pm until 7:05 pm, April 4, 1968, from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee (looking in the direction...
Workshop offers chance to learn ways to remain resilient during difficult times and difficult situations. Panelists will share their experiences and techniques; workshop to follow.
A Moses Hogan Sing-Along cosponsored by the Oberlin College Black Musicians Guild in celebration of Black History Month. Come prepared to sing the music of Hogan, a celebrated pianist and arranger of...
Soul Session is a tradition at Oberlin’s Afrikan Heritage House that has been around since the 1970s. Soul Session is an opportunity for individuals to express themselves creatively through...
Hear a guest recital by acclaimed tenor soloist Limmie Pulliam ’98 followed by a Q&A with the artist. Pulliam , a Missouir native, trained with the late Richard Miller. He recently joined...
At the intersection of visual art, comedy, and hip-hop, Zack Fox is right at home in the middle of it all, sipping a lukewarm Colt 45. Fox is an Atlanta-raised comedy firebrand with an ever-expanding...
On the occasion of novelist Toni Morrison’s birthday, people from all over the world are invited to participate in a gesture of love and reflection; an intentional proclamation to honor a woman...
On January 2, 1980, nine Oberlin students began a 420-mile trek to retrace the Underground Railroad, a journey undertaken by enslaved black people that traversed through the back roads of Kentucky...
Students of Caribbean Ancestry (SOCA) presents ‘‘Literary and Culinary Tastes of the Caribbean,’‘ a chance for you to discover something new, learn about, and sample foods...
A new music festival hosted by WOBC in association with Student Union Programming Committee (SUPC), Oberlin Hip-Hop Collective (OHOP) and F+ABB. Featuring six amazing artists: HOOK & BKTHERULA (2...
The annual Black History Month Fashion Show is a celebration of black beauty, black style, and their impact on popular style and culture. The show is also meant to be an inclusive space, rejecting...
The AMAM presents a free screening of two films: Mati Diop's 2009 short Atlantiques , a story about migration set in Senegal; and the 2018 feature film The Foreigner's Home , about Toni...
Shirley Graham Du Bois ’34 was an Oberlin alumna, composer, playwright, biographer, nation builder, and activist. She was one of the first black women to stage an opera in the United States and...
Shirley Graham Du Bois ’34 was an Oberlin alumna, composer, playwright, biographer, nation builder, and activist. She was one of the first black women to stage an opera in the United States and...
Shirley Graham Du Bois ’34 was an Oberlin alumna, composer, playwright, biographer, nation builder, and activist. She was one of the first black women to stage an opera in the United States and...
Shirley Graham Du Bois ’34 was an Oberlin alumna, composer, playwright, biographer, nation builder, and activist. She was one of the first black women to stage an opera in the United States and...
Come over to Afrikan Heritage House and partake of the closing dinner to mark the conclusion of our events relating to our celebration of Black History Month, Black in Focus: 2020 Vision. All are...
Poets from the Oberlin College community gather to reflect on the exhibition Afterlives of the Black Atlantic . ‘‘ Afterwords: An Evening of Poetry at the AMAM’’ also...
