Black History Month, a monthlong celebration since 1976, celebrates the accomplishments of Black Americans and raises awareness of hardships the community continues to face.<\/p>\n
In honor of Black History Month, students of the University of Scranton answered what Black History Month means to them.<\/p>\n
Will Kennedy said \u201cBlack History Month is important to me as a Black male, and I see it as something that celebrates my people and brings unity within the Black community, especially in today\u2019s political climate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elijah Simmons said \u201cI see Black History Month as a way to bring a sense of pride and accomplishment to Black people in America, and I see it as a way to both address issues with different communities while also building unity with those different communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brianna Maria Petrella said she didn’t grow up with any knowledge of Black History Month. \u201cI actually went to a private school from kindergarten to eighth grade, so I never learned anything about Black History Month until later in life. So, for me, it\u2019s important as a way to both celebrate and become more educated on Black history, especially with everything going on today.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the University hosts events for Black History Month, such as a trivia night Feb. 16, students said the events weren\u2019t promoted \u201cThere wasn\u2019t even an email to acknowledge it or anything,\u201d Petrella said. (The Royal News email newsletter publicized the event.)<\/p>\n
Students suggested events the University could hold for Black History Month. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be cool to have some sort of dinner that features the different types of foods in Black and African American culture,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n
Nichole Shelby said it would be cool to have a dance, saying \u201cEveryone likes to party.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black History Month, a monthlong celebration since 1976, celebrates the accomplishments of Black Americans and raises awareness of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-122753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}