“At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington” is the theme of MTSU’s 2013 observance of Black History Month. Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, will be a featured speaker at the Retention Summit, a discussion of how to stem college dropouts among African-Americans. The event is slated for 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the second-floor ballroom of MTSU’s Student Union Building.
Profiled last year on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” for his dedication to educational innovation, Hrabowski has been tapped by President Barack Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African-Americans. For more information, visit mtsunews.com/black-history-month-2013.
“At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington” is the theme of MTSU’s 2013 observance of Black History Month. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order proclaiming all blacks enslaved in the…
Black History Month activities and the committee that drives the programming are spotlighted in the February edition of “Out of the Blue,” the television magazine program of Middle Tennessee State University.
February will be filled with opportunities to celebrate and learn when Middle Tennessee State University marks Black History Month 2023 with films, awards, fashion, music, panel discussions and talks with famed philosopher Cornel West and author, activist and educator Ilyasah Shabazz. Ninety-seven years after the Association for the Study of…
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