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Members of SIU’s Delta Phi Delta Dance Sorority dance while the fashion show contestants change into their “Celebrating Our Melanin” inspired attire on Feb. 27, 2022 at Morris Library in Carbondale, Ill.

Afro-Centric fashion show celebrates Black Beauty

By Janiyah Gaston, Assistant to Editor
March 2, 2022
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The Visiting Artists Program hosts Nigerian artist, Dayo Laoye

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi , Editor in Chief
September 10, 2021
Africana studies professor, Joseph Brown, silently reflects during a vigil remembering victims of the Orlando shooting Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Grinnell Hall. (Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko)

Nigerian playwright inspires Black History Month production at SIU

By Tyra Wooten
February 22, 2017
Lauren Wilson, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, left, Patrice Phillips, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., studying psychology, and Diamond Flournoy, a junior from Bolingbrook studying social work, take a selfie at the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs induction reception Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, in the Student Center. Phillips, the registered student organizations founding president, said many historically African-American colleges have chapters, and this is the first RSO of its kind at SIU. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Historic black women’s organization establishes SIU chapter

By Diamond Jones
December 11, 2016
Kent Mason, 71, sprays the hair of Mary Harvey, 89, of Metropolis, at his Carbondale barber shop, Arnettes, on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2016. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)

Carbondale barber shop carries its community (PHOTOS)

By Anna Spoerre
November 16, 2016
Elder Marilyn James, of Carbondale, indicates to a 1937 image of her great-great-grandfather, the Rev. D. Smith Banks, during her From Slavery to Greatness speech Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at the African American Museum in the University Mall. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Former slave’s life honored at African American Museum

By Shannon Allen
November 5, 2016
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