Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of Blacks in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans.

Come celebrate Black History Month with the Mosaic and attend events such as our PawTalk: QueenEarth and QueerCore and What’s The Tea: Black, Queer, and Here! where we will be having a discussion on the intersection of being both Black and queer and how that has impacted the lives of those who identify within those communities. 

PawTalks: Queen Earth and Queer Core
February 19, 2019
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Skylight Lounge

BLM Open Mic Night sponsored by the Black Lives Matter
February 20, 2019
8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Commons: Sportszone

What’s The Tea: Black, Queer, and Here!
February 27, 2019
5:30pm - 7:00pm
The Commons: Skylight

"Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King march together along a rural Mississippi road with the March Against Fear in 1963 after the death of James Meredith." Source and Copyright: Flip Schulke Archives/Getty Images

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. King sought equality and human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.

MLK Day
After years of campaigning by activists, members of Congress and Coretta Scott King, among others, in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a U.S. federal holiday in honor of King.  Observed on the third Monday of January, Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated in 1986.  

Source: Historical Facts about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from History.com

Baltimore Area MLK, Jr. Events:

The Afro Newspaper Listing

Baltimore Sun Listing

DC Area MLK, Jr. Events:

DC MLK Day of Service Event Listing

MLK Holiday DC: A Life & Legacy Commemoration Site

Jan. 18th WYPR 88.1, On the Record Show: So Much More Than a Parade: Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This document is to call your attention to just some of the many nationally and internationally recognized and/or celebrated diverse days of observance and religious/ethnic holidays that fall within the month of January 2019. We invite you to share it with the students, staff, and faculty you work with across campus. For more information, feel free to visit the Multicultural Resource Calendar located on the Office of Student Life’s Mosaic Center website: http://www.diversityresources.com/aa_gsr/index.php?key=adCaO2Shix6u