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As the calendar turns to February, the Marlborough community honors and celebrates Black History Month. In what has become a cherished annual tradition, students in the Honors African American Literature course help facilitate these celebrations by uplifting the contributions from notable African Americans–both known and unknown–in their video series entitled “Portrait of a People.”
This year, students’ portraits will center civil rights trail blazers. Each project represents someone who contributed to the civil rights mission and the fight for equality. BK Smith, Honors African American Literature Instructor and Dean of College Counseling, shares, “As we celebrate a month featuring Civil Rights Trail Blazers through our 'Portrait of a People' videos, I invite you to pause, reflect, revisit, and renew that spirit of equity that resides in us all.”
You can find each student’s project below. Links will be added as the videos continue to air throughout the month of February. Happy Black History Month!
2023 Projects
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham
- Constance Baker Motley
- Barbara Jordan
- Ida B. Wells
- Nina Simone
- Huey P. Newton
- Septima Poinsette Clarke
- James Weldon Johnson
- Ruby Bridges
- Jackie Robinson
- Melba Pattillo Beals
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- Justice Thurgood Marshall
- Fred Hampton
- Amelia Boynton Robinson
- Carter G. Woodson
- John Carlos
- Terrence Roberts
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Previous Year's Posts
2022 projects
- Sidney Poitier
- Alicia Garza
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
- Dr. Mae Jamison
- Angie Thomas
- Ursula M. Burns
- Amanda Gorman
- Angela Bassett
- Allyson Felix
- Kendrick Lamar
- Debbie Allen
- Joycelyn Elders
2021 projects
- Etta James
- Aretha Franklin
- Louis Armstrong
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Claudette Colvin
- J. Cole
- Josephine Baker
- Oris 'Dino' Smiley
- Mae Jemison
- Stacey Abrams
2020 projects
- Wilma Rudolph
- Elaine Welteroth
- George Washington Carver
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Misty Copeland
- Viola Davis
- Nat King Cole
- Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Sheryl Swoopes
- Octavia Spencer
- Ava DuVernay
- Tiger Woods
- Alvin Ailey
- Nina Simone
- Octavia Bulter
- Matthew Henson
- Ella Fitzgerald
2019 projects
- Marian Anderson
- Madame CJ Walker
- Audra Lorde
- Quincy Jones
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Eartha Kitt
- WEB Dubois
- Muhammed Ali
- Shirley Chisolm
- Alexander Crummel
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