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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From Champions to Leaders
What does it look like when the champions of years past become the leaders of today? Angela Logan, Ph.D., St. Andre Bessette Academic Director of the Master of Nonprofit...
Perspectives on Caregiver Mental Health and Wellbeing
Listen in to a conversation with Kendra Washington-Bass ’94, chair of the Black Alumni of Notre Dame, and Danielle Duchatellier Boucree, MSW, LCSW-C, MBA ’91 about how...
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.,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...