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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.
![Watercolor shapes on cream background under text that reads "Ode to Home," 2024 Oberlin College Black History Month](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_2024_campus_screen.png?itok=4-TEhpN_)
Oberlin Presents Black History Month Events through March
February 21, 2022
Conservatory Communications
Oberlin’s celebration of Black History Month begins this week and continues through the month of March with a wide range of public events. Together, these programs honor the theme "Black...
![Black History Year, Oberlin Black History Month 2022.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_news_center_graphic-1.png?itok=O8Fn-496)
Conservatory Honors Black History Month Through Concerts and More
January 27, 2021
Erich Burnett
Series begins Feb. 4, continues throughout the month on Oberlin Stage Left.
![to be young, gifted, and Black. Oberlin College Black History Month 2021](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_2021_campus_digest_graphic.png?itok=flAedun9)
Two-Day Summit Creates Space for Black Students in STEM
February 22, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
The two-day summit, STEM in Color, features presentations and research from black professionals and students in STEM fields.
![Kaitlyn Rivers ’20, Chair of the Black Scientists Guild Kaitlyn Rivers standing in her biology lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/stem_in_color_story_cover_photo.jpg?itok=Rm8-ml_8)
Jazz Violinist Regina Carter to Perform Feb. 23
February 8, 2018
Communications Staff
MacArthur “genius” recipient tours her Simply Ella program.
![Regina Carter Regina Carter](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/regina_carter.png?itok=zgxRQCn6)
Bringing Black Spirituals to the Masses
February 7, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Second-year DaQuan Williams honors Moses Hogan ’79 with sing-along program during Black History Month.
![DaQuan Williams headshot DaQuan Williams](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/daquan_williams-new_size.png?itok=-yUQo5kX)
Black History Month Celebration: United by Ubuntu
February 2, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
The term “ubuntu” is a Nguni Bantu term that, at its core, means "humanity." This concept also serves as the guiding principle for this year’s Black History Month programming.
![person singing into a microphone](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/bhm_janaejackson-22.jpg?itok=AY-prGWH)