Black Student Union - UCONN Hartford

The BBQ was a success we hope you all enjoyed the food! Thanks for coming out and showing support!

Join us tomorrow for some great food, fun and music! Can't wait for an epic time!

Join us in the Café today at 12:30pm to find out how you can win a pair of tickets to see Beyoncé live in concert!

We just wanted to show you this awesome letter the BSU received not to long ago.

Tonight our founders (Sydney White and Arnell Lee) were invited to the Mercy at Marycare. The Black Student Union has made a donation to Marycare in the past. This is an incredible honor being invited and we couldn't be more thankful.

Join SAMI for this awesome event that will be happening right on campus! We are definitely excited about this!

April 5th
UCONN School of Social Work
Zachs Community room
1798 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Join SAMI for this awesome event that will be happening right on campus! We are definitely excited about this!

April 5th
UCONN School of Social Work
Zachs Community room
1798 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117

Don't miss out, $10 with UConn ID!

Happy Woman's History Month, While we’re constantly reminded of the civil rights leaders who worked in front, those who were behind the scenes often go unrecognized. Ella Baker is one of those people. An active civil rights leader in the 1930s, Ms. Baker fought for civil rights for five decades, working alongside W.E.B Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, and Martin Luther King, Jr. She even mentored well-known civil rights activist, Rosa Parks.

Ella Baker is quoted as saying, “You didn’t see me on television; you didn’t see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don’t need strong leaders.”

We salute you Mrs. Baker.

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Selma Movie night. I hope this allow you to understand black history a bit more.

Hope to see you all tonight in RM 126 of the UGB for our screening of Selma. We will start at 5! See you there!

Students were given the task to paint how they felt about black culture and this is the beautiful turn out. Thank you to all the students who took the time to paint on how they felt.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for today's events! We hope you enjoyed the games, art and food.

Don't forget to join us in RM 126 for our Culture Exhibit. See you all there!

On February 11,1990 Nelson Mandela's greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky playing. Locked up in his cell during daylight hours, deprived of music, both these simple pleasures were denied him for decades. With his fellow prisoners, concerts were organised when possible, particularly at Christmas time, where they would sing. Nelson Mandela finds music very uplifting, and takes a keen interest not only in European classical music but also in African choral music and the many talents in South African music. But one voice stands out above all - that of Paul Robeson, whom he describes as our hero. The years in jail reinforced habits that were already entrenched: the disciplined eating regime of an athlete began in the 1940s, as did the early morning exercise. Still today Nelson Mandela is up by 4.30am, irrespective of how late he has worked the previous evening. By 5am he has begun his exercise routine that lasts at least an hour. Breakfast is by 6.30, when the days newspapers are read. The day s work has begun. With a standard working day of at least 12 hours, time management is critical and Nelson Mandela is extremely impatient with unpunctuality, regarding it as insulting to those you are dealing with. When speaking of the extensive travelling he has undertaken since his release from prison, Nelson Mandela says: I was helped when preparing for my release by the biography of Pandit Nehru, who wrote of what happens when you leave jail. My daughter Zinzi says that she grew up without a father, who, when he returned, became a father of the nation. This has placed a great responsibility of my shoulders. And wherever I travel, I immediately begin to miss the familiar - the mine dumps, the colour and smell that is uniquely South African, and, above all, the people. I do not like to be away for any length of time. For me, there is no place like home. Mandela accepted the Nobel Peace Prize as an accolade to all people who have worked for peace and stood against racism. It was as much an award to his person as it was to the ANC and all South Africa s people. In particular, he regards it as a tribute to the people of Norway who stood against apartheid while many in the world were silent. We know it was Norway that provided resources for farming; thereby enabling us to grow food; resources for education and vocational training and the provision of accommodation over the years in exile. The reward for all this sacrifice will be the attainment of freedom and democracy in South Africa, in an open society which respects the rights of all individuals. That goal is now in sight, and we have to thank the people and governments of Norway and Sweden for the tremendous role they played. Personal Tastes Breakfast of plain porridge, with fresh fruit and fresh milk. A favourite is the traditionally prepared meat of a freshly slaughtered sheep, and the delicacy Amarhewu (fermented corn-meal).

On February 10, 1868 Conservatives, aided by military forces, seized convention hall and established effective control over Reconstruction process in Florida. Republican conservatives drafted new constitution which concentrated political power in hands of governor and limited the impact of the Black vote.

On Feb. 9, 1995, Dr. Bernard Harris became the first African-American to perform a spacewalk during his second mission into space. Harris was the Payload Commander on STS-63 and logged 198-and-a-half hours in space, completed 129 orbits, and traveled over 2.9 million miles. The other two members of his mission also made history as the first British-born spacewalker and the first female Shuttle pilot.

On February 8th, 1986, Figure skater Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the Women's Singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship competition, was a pre-med student at Stanford University.

On February 7th, 1926, Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week. In 1976 it became Black History Month.

Happy Birthday to the legendary reggae icon Bob Marley!

He would have been 71 today.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our exhibit today! We hope you enjoy more of our events in the future.

Join us this morning at 11am for donuts, hot coco, coffee and Black History in room 126.

On February 1, 1960 4 black freshman students from Greensboro, NC sat in a whites only section in a diner and they refused to get up when asked. They had no idea how the day would pan out, but they knew they were tired of it all. Little did they do, they sparked what would be a milestone in civil rights movement. After the 5th day of sit ins 1000 black men and women showed up. It is believed that they started sit ins and it led to the Raleigh Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Happy New Year to all of our favorite Huskies! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are excited to see you all back on campus!

We are officially sold out thank you all for your support over this semester. Can't wait for you all to join us.