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Louise Edwards '16 Receives Shansi Fellowship
May 16, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
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.
Learning Through Example in West Africa
February 23, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Dance Diaspora members find inspiration, learn painful slave history in winter term trip to Gambia.
Learning from Activist Mary Church Terrell
February 13, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
The symposium Complicated Relationships: Mary Church Terrell’s Legacy for 21st Century Activists, happening February 26 and 27, celebrates a significant gift to the Oberlin College Archives and examines what today’s activists can learn from famous educator, feminist, and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell (Class of 1884).
Celebrating Africana Unity and Celebration Month
February 11, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
This year’s Africana Unity and Celebration Month features a performance of Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom, a convocation led by founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops Rhiannon Giddens ’00, and the symposium Complicated Relationships: Mary Church Terrell’s Legacy for 21st Century Activists.
“Wedding Band” Confronts Race, Privilege, and Forbidden Relationships
September 25, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin Theater’s first main stage production, directed by Assistant Professor Justin Emeka, opens October 1.
Celebrating Black Musicians and Their Music
December 4, 2013
Veronika Edwards
“Black music transcends genre,” says the chair of Oberlin’ Black Musicians Guild, a student group dedicated to promoting black music in all its forms.
