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    Black History Month

    Living Single did it first: Celebrating TV’s Black icons

    Jennifer OjilereArtsTVFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022

    While the TV industry has been painfully slow to expand its attention beyond the lives and experiences of white people, these Black superstars have made a name for themselves by delivering some of the most memorable performances of all time in TV. 

    Black campus leaders discuss Black History Month at SBU

    Amber LewisMultimediaVideosFebruary 23, 2021April 5, 2021

    Oreoluwa Adewale, president of the Stony Brook chapter of the NAACP, and Sarah Beckford, Black Student Union historian, discuss Black History Month at Stony Brook University and the Black Lives Matter movement.

    Staff picks: Our Black heroes

    Steven Keehner, Sam Lauria, Cindy Mizaku & Fanni FranklBlack History Month 2021Op-edsOpinionsSpecial IssuesFebruary 20, 2021

    #OPINION: The opinions editors at The Statesman describe Black figures who inspire them.

    The Weekly Wrap Up Ep. 18: Black History Month Special Issue

    Juliana SlocumMultimediaPodcastsFebruary 20, 2021February 23, 2021

    Editors at The Statesman describe articles from the Black History Month special issue in this podcast from the Weekly Wrap Up.

    Whitewashed history inhibits us from learning about the past

    Matt VeneziaBlack History Month 2021Op-edsOpinionsSpecial IssuesFebruary 17, 2021

    #OPINION: One of my favorite subjects in high school was history… Looking back now, it was very obvious from the textbooks I read or lessons I learned that “American” meant “white.”

    Defund the police because society should reassess our values if Black lives really matter

    Maya BrownBlack History Month 2021Op-edsOpinionsSpecial IssuesFebruary 16, 2021March 16, 2021

    #OPINION: Every time I see a blue lives matter flag wavering in the wake of a cruel Black death, my stomach begins to compress. I cannot help myself from tracing down the complicated, yet broken system that is law enforcement in this country.

    SBU panel delves into mental health barriers for the Black community

    Niki NassiriBlack History Month 2021FacultyNewsSpecial IssuesFebruary 15, 2021February 16, 2021

    Stony Brook University’s School of Health Technology and Management hosted a panel discussing the stigmatization of mental illness in the Black community on Feb. 11. 

    Stony Brook USG reckons with the passing of Black icons during Black History Month initiative

    Lajiere BlakeArtsBlack History Month 2021CultureSpecial IssuesFebruary 13, 2021February 18, 2021

    As the Assistant to the Vice President of Student Life, Maia Gomis is one of the brains behind the Stony Brook Undergraduate Student Government’s new Instagram series, which is posting tributes to Black icons who have passed away recently.

    What it really means to be an ally

    Justin ChassinBlack History Month 2021Op-edsOpinionsSpecial IssuesFebruary 13, 2021February 19, 2021

    When we break it down, productive allyship is a continuous process of three qualities: perspective, learning and action.

    Yusef Salaam talks about Donald Trump, police brutality and the power of voting

    Maya BrownNewsNovember 1, 2020

    Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five who was accused and convicted of a Central Park sexual assault, spoke at Stony Brook University about a wide range of issues, including racial inequality in the American justice system, on Oct. 27. 

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