Black History Month

Come join us for an afternoon of education and conversation about a group of scholars whose discovery of a forgotten abolitionist manuscript from 1839 led to a line of groundbreaking work that sheds...

Watch the webcast – streamed live at concert time. Oberlin Conservatory composition faculty member Michael Frazier presents a composition recital : el jardín del colibrí (The Hummingbird’s Garden)...

Sisters of the Yam is an affinity space for Black women and femme-identifying individuals on Oberlin's campus. This coming spring, we are excited to host a forum designed to celebrate our...

Dr. Cherry will present a lecture on the compositions of George Bridgetower, a 19th-century Afro-European violin virtuoso and composer. This talk will include a performance of Bridgetower's Jubilee...

The MRC is collaborating with CSS, SOY and Brotherhood to provide a hair care workshop for students. The workshop will be led by a professional guest cosmetologist. This will be a hands-on workshop...

Cook different dishes from across the Diaspora with Africana Studies Faculty members Charles Peterson, Meredith Gadsby, and Thomas Talawa Prestø. We will learn from these faculty members about the...

Community engagement lies at the heart of Oberlin College's commitment to learning and labor. Black women have long been pivotal to the political, cultural, and economic life of Oberlin and beyond...

A guest chamber music concert in Stull Recital Hall. This recital features Cornelius Johnson, tenor, John McLaughlin Williams, violin, Khari Joyner, cello , and Diana White-Gould '84, piano . Program...

Join Residence Life in collaboration with Afrikan Heritage House for a genealogy workshop! We will be helping students work to create family trees and learn more about their family's history during...

How does embodiment connect to success? Join us for a community conversation on Afro haircare as the ritual foundation of Afrikan embodiment and decolonizing the Black body as global capital...

Oberlin College Libraries will celebrate Frederick Douglass’ birthday by participating in the Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon event. You can drop in for as long (or as little) as you'd like. If you've...

As a part of Black History Month: Join Gender, Sexuality, and Attraction Initiatives for an exploration of the intersectional discrimination faced by Black trans women and femmes, highlighting its...

The Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society is sponsoring a community showing of the film “Awakening to Justice” with conversation to follow. The film is a timely intervention, recovering an...

Anthony McGill is one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures and principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. Emanuel Ax has amassed eight Grammy Awards and...

This event is the start of Professor Michael Boyd Roman's month long Winter Artist Residency and Exhibition at FAVA Art Gallery. Professor Roman is an artist who is dual appointed in both the Africana...