Celebrating Black History Month


Enrich your celebration of Black History Month with stories that center the experiences of Black students, alumni, faculty, and other members of the Notre Dame family.

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Leadership

A Powerful Conversation with Keona Lewis, Ph.D.

Given that demographers estimate that the United States will be a majority-minority country by 2048, what does that mean for the changing face of leadership? Angela Logan, Ph.D.,...

12:00 PM ET Tue., Mar. 25, 2025
Health and Society

Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary Podcast: The Use and Misuse of Civil Rights History

The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is ‘antiracist.’ What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Jun. 26, 2024
Law and Politics

Stereotypes, Representation, and Real Talk: Black Law Students Speak Out

In this episode, Aisha Bah ’25 J.D., Joshua Mannery ’24 J.D., and Ayanna Murphy ’25 J.D., from the Notre Dame Black Law Students Association, join Max for a lively...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Jun. 19, 2024
Art and History

Behind Juneteenth: Emancipation

by Julie Tanaka, Curator, Rare Books June 19 marks the celebration of Juneteenth, the name African Americans in Texas gave to emancipation day. On June 19, 1865, Major-General...

Art and History

Ralph Ellison’s Juneteenth Sermon

Senator Adam Sunraider has a secret. Sunraider’s secret is as audacious as could possibly be imagined: the race-baiting white politician is at least partially black. Raised by a...

Health and Society

Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary Podcast: Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement

The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is ‘antiracist.’ What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial...

12:00 PM ET Wed., Apr. 24, 2024
Leadership

Black Domers: Black Well-being

“Recent events in our nation have led to a national reckoning, to soul-searching and a demand for action with regard to racial and social injustice…There is a widespread sense...

07:00 PM ET Thu., Feb. 22, 2024
Leadership

Black Domers: The Future of Social Justice

“Recent events in our nation have led to a national reckoning, to soul-searching and a demand for action with regard to racial and social injustice…There is a widespread sense...

07:00 PM ET Thu., Feb. 08, 2024
Law and Politics

The Danger of Racial Colorblindess

Have you ever heard the phrase “I don’t see color,” when talking about race or ethnicity? Color blindness is the idea that ignoring or overlooking racial and ethnic...

12:00 PM ET Mon., Feb. 05, 2024
Leadership

Black Domers: Past, Present, and Future

“Recent events in our nation have led to a national reckoning, to soul-searching and a demand for action with regard to racial and social injustice…There is a widespread sense...

07:00 PM ET Thu., Feb. 01, 2024
Art and History

African American Architects 1865-1945

This lecture delves into some of the least-known contributions of African American architects during the crucial period of emancipation to the end of World War II. The discourse...

05:15 PM ET Wed., Sep. 20, 2023
Leadership

A Powerful Conversation with TSU President Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA

What will the seat of power look like in the future? Angela Logan, Ph.D., St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit Administration Program at the Mendoza...

07:00 PM ET Thu., Aug. 31, 2023