Elon University Black History Month Calendar

Elon's 2024 Black History Month theme is “Rhythms of Resilience: One Soul, One Sound”

Photo by Joseph Navin | Elon News Network

Members of Melanated Melodies sing inside McKinnon Hall during the Black History Month Kickoff event on Feb. 1. The event was organized by Elon's Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education.

Karaoke Night

Thursday, Feb. 8 | 8 to 10 p.m.

Taphouse

Black History Month Trivia Night with Late Night Elon

Thursday, Feb. 15 | 9 to 11 p.m.

McKinnon Hall, Moseley Center

“Abusua” – The Black History Month Dance Concert

Friday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.

McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts

“Diversity Lessons from a Black Clan Whisperer”

Tuesday, Feb. 20 | 7:30 p.m.

Whitley Auditorium

Liberal Arts Forum Lecture

Amazing things can happen when we spend time talking with the other person. Daryl Davis, Howard University graduate and musician, shares jaw-dropping experiences with KKK and White supremacist leaders to inspire audiences to think about how to engage others who don’t share their views, religion or backgrounds. The more we talk, the more we understand each other.

Black Solidarity Conference

Friday, Feb. 23 | 3 to 6 p.m.

Upstairs Lakeside

Black Solidarity Day began in 1969 due to the work of Brooklyn College professor Carlos Russell as a demonstration of Black liberation. The Elon University Black Solidarity Conference, which is now in its tenth year at Elon, aims to unite Black students, faculty, and staff by providing an avenue through which Black identity, Black intersectionality and building solidarity are explored, in addition to creating space for the entirety of the Elon community to dive deeper into matters of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Surrounding this year’s theme, “Rhythms of Resilience: One Soul, One Sound,” the conference will focus on the idea that culture and music are not monolithic but diverse and interconnected.

Registration is required.

BSU skate night with Late Night Elon

Friday, Feb. 23 | 8 to 9 p.m.

Global Neighborhood courts

Women’s Black History Month Basketball Game: Women’s Basketball vs. North Carolina A&T

Sunday, Feb. 25 | 1 p.m.

Schar Center

Carnaval Celebration

Wednesday, Feb. 28 | 5 to 7 p.m.

McKinnon Room, Moseley Center

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