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Black Studies Department at CCNY
@blackccny.bsky.social
Established in 1969, we are the oldest Black Studies Department in the CUNY system; organizers of The annual Langston Hughes Festival at CCNY
https://linktr.ee/blackstudiesccny
Join The CCNY Black Studies Department and the Zahn Innovation Center for a Side Hustle Workshop, Thursday, November 6th, from 4pm - 5pm, in The Lookout, Shepard 278. Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, and snacks! You don't want to miss this event -- RSVP TODAY!
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Looking for a Black Studies Course to complete your #Fall2025 schedule?

Check out these courses on food and literature, queer Caribbean writing, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Poetry, Colonial Latin America, and Black Women’s Resistance at CCNY.
August 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Thanks, everyone who came to “Choreographies of Survival!" In cased you missed it, you can now watch the video recording of Tao Leigh Goffe and Emily Raboteau on our website.
centerforthehumanities.org/event/choreo...

@blackccny.bsky.social @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social @emilyraboteau.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Emmanuel Lachaud of CCNY’s Black Studies Department @blackccny.bsky.social describes the enslaved hair dresser on the path to sainthood. That’s hair! Listen: personplacething.org
April 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Us!

“Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau”

Wed March 19, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Skylight Room
CUNY Graduate Center
365 5th Ave
NYC

FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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THIS WEEK in the Black Studies Department at CCNY — join us for ALL THREE of these events co-sponsored by @blackccny.bsky.social — registration and more information are available on the BLST website — www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!
#AddToAcademicSky
February 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
February 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @roxanegay.bsky.social, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @blackccny.bsky.social
— Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video
youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
2025 Langston Hughes Festival & CCNY Black Studies Department Promo
YouTube video by Black Studies Department CCNY
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February 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
And we need YOU — Thanks for the support!

We hope to see ALL Y’ALL next week for the Langston Hughes Festival Student Symposium, Evening Medal Ceremony, and the Valentine’s Day Fundraising Breakfast!!
We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.
The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public
www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
February 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY!

Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies

@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY!

Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies

@cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Highlighting #s428 at #MLA25, A screening of the documentary The Five Demands, about the 1969 strike by black and Puerto Rican students at CCNY. Take a break from sessions to see a film! @jervette.bsky.social
A Screening of <em>The Five Demands</em>
The Five Demands presents a riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City Colleg...
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December 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Looking forward to viewing & discussing The Five Demands Film, which helped establish @blackccny.bsky.social — join us at Session 428 during #MLA25 in #NOLA — also looking forward to connecting with my #CLAscholars — be sure to check out all the @clascholars.bsky.social Panels and Sessions!
December 27, 2024 at 7:05 PM
In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem

— Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025, as we bestow the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social

#AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
November 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem

— Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025 as @blackccny.bsky.social bestows the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social

#AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM