Oberlin College & Conservatory Celebrates Black History Month
March 12, 2024
Communications Staff
Throughout February 2024 (and a little into March), Oberlin commemorated Black History Month around the theme Ode to Home, which explored ideas and experiences related to people of African descent creating and maintaining a physical home or a sense of home as a group and as individuals.
Students organized the annual Black History Month Fashion Show in Hales Gym and the ABUSUA Ball in the Hotel at Oberlin. Tenor Joshua Blue '16 returned to campus to perform with Oberlin Sinfonietta. Academic and residential life programming, like the library's Frederick Douglass Transcribathon, and A-House's Mardi Gras feast and Alumni Soul Session, gave the Oberlin community opportunities to learn, relax, and connect.
The Black History Month Fashion Show in Hales Gym.
Photo credit: Mike Crupi
Getting ready for the fashion show in the green room.
Photo credit: Mike Crupi
The Black History Month Fashion Show was an homage to The Wiz.
Photo credit: Abe Frato
Having fun at the ABUSUA Ball.
Photo credit: Kadrian Hinton
Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds of Zamar Artist Recital Series concert.
Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko
Mardi Gras feast at A-House.
Photo credit: John Seyfried
Joshua Blue '16 singing with Oberlin Sinfonietta.
Photo credit: Nathaniel Liu
Alumni Soul Session at A-House.
Photo credit: Nathaniel Liu
Linking Legacies concert with (from left to right) Chris Jenkins, viola; John McLaughlin Williams, violin; Theresa May, trumpet; Khari Joyner, cello; Diana White-Gould '84, piano; and Cornelius Johnson, tenor.
Photo credit: Mike Crupi
There's no place like home.
Photo credit: Kadrian Hinton
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