CREDE - Center for Race, Ethnicity & Diversity Education

North Carolina black and African-American civic and political leaders shared their experiences with students.

Su’ad, a professor and Director of the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program at University of Michigan, will speak and perform based on her 2016 critically acclaimed book, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States.

The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education partnered with Archives and Special Collections to host the official beginning of Elon's Black History Month festivities.

Black and Africans-American civic leaders will join students, faculty and staff in McKinnon Hall to talk about their experiences in public life.

A series of events, coordinated by the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education, will celebrate Black History Month throughout February at Elon.

The project, now in its fifth year at Elon, offers the opportunity for students, faculty and staff to share about their life stories, the differences and their similarities.

The three winners from local middle schools were recognized at a lunch in the university's Moseley Center on Friday, Jan. 17

Manzano, who portrayed "Maria" on "Sesame Street" for more than four decades, discussed how her early life and pride in her Puerto Rican heritage influenced her life in television.

The Day of Service Project, which was a collaboration between Elon Volunteers! and Habitat for Humanity of Alamance County, was part the university's month-long Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

The panel discussion was the first in a diverse lineup of events scheduled during Elon's month-long Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.