This year is the 100th anniversary of the celebration, which the historian Carter Woodson started as “Negro History Week” in February 1926 to honor the accomplishments of Black Americans, resisting the societal pressures of the Jim Crow era. In 1976, the now-Association for the Study of African American Life and History declared February as Black History Month.
For decades, the story of Malcolm X has been told and retold. But the story of the woman who shaped him has remained largely in the margins.
In her novel “Ocean Stirrings,” Professor Emerita Merle Collins centers on Louise Little, a Grenadian-born activist, community organizer and the mother of Malcolm X. The award-winning 2023 novel reconstructs Little’s world across colonial Grenada, migration and racial terror in North America.
American Studies Professor Psyche Williams-Forson leads the center as it celebrates its 55th year.
Behavioral and social sciences college assistant dean Kim Nickerson, who led the tour, said the idea began as a presentation in 2015 before becoming a walking tour two years later.
“America Will Be!,” open Feb. 9-May 8, presents artworks that critically engage the image and symbolism of the U.S. flag, inviting audiences to reflect on ongoing struggles over democracy, citizenship and belonging in the United States.
In a new TED Talk, "Why Can't We Better Prepare for Extreme Weather?", Assistant Professor Catherine Nakalembe examines why millions of people continue to face hunger despite advances in satellite technology that can detect droughts and crop failures months in advance.
Among the Frederick Douglass works in Special Collections and University Archives at UMD Libraries are an early edition of “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," left, and a handwritten poem and signature in a Marylander's memory book, right.
UMD researchers helped create a rhino-detection system that pairs satellite data with AI to boost conservation efforts.
A new art display at the Driskell Center.
Dean Shonekan teaches an ARHU course on arts and humanities of a single song.
