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Kiéla Nelson ’18 is helping cultivate unique and well-rounded learning experiences for youth in Chicago through teaching and performing.

A theater and Africana studies graduate, B.J.Tindal is launching his professional career with two plays he wrote and directed at Oberlin.

Jackson-Smith directs the upcoming mainstage show What We Look Like, a comedy written by B.J. Tindal ’16.

Coeditor of Historians on Hamilton, Professor Renee Romano’s newest book tackles difficult topics in a surprisingly uncontroversial Broadway hit.

The main library in Mudd Center will be named in honor of 1884 graduate Mary Church Terrell, an educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the NAACP.

Johnny Coleman is one of the six Cleveland-based artists selected to participate in an artist-in-residency program at The Madison as part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.

The concept of sanctuary is often part of today’s discussions about immigration, but the idea of providing sanctuary has ancient roots. Learn about the different meanings and practices during “What is Sanctuary?” on Tuesday, February 13.

A scholar athlete, Newton plans to pursue a PhD in politics or Africana studies.

Louise Edwards ’16 says her Shansi fellowship at Shanxi Agricultural University in Taigu, China, is an opportunity to learn more about her biracial identity by engaging in cross-cultural learning.

Dance Diaspora members find inspiration, learn painful slave history in winter term trip to Gambia.