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Marshall University's Student Newspaper

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Moffat Lecture to Explore Baseball Negro Leagues

Emma Johnson, Student Reporter April 10, 2023

An expert in the history of the Negro Leagues will present at the 2023 Charles Hill Moffat Lecture on April 11 at 6:30 p.m, hosted by the history department...

Kara Hornbuckle prepares food for the Food for the Soul event.

Food for the Soul: Using Food to Create Community and Celebrate Black History Month

Bex Law, Student Reporter February 23, 2023

COVID-19 ended the annual Food for the Soul Feast, a tradition since 2003, so Shaunte Polk from the Center for African American Students decided to transition...

Hip-Hop: From the Valley to the Mountaintop

Hip-Hop: From the Valley to the Mountaintop

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter February 20, 2023

Marshall welcomed hip-hop artists Deep Jackson, Shelem, Duke Johnson and Scantag to campus for a performance and panel discussion on hip hop, Appalachian...

Lady D’s performance is being held as a part
of Marshall’s Artists Series.

Black History Celebrated by West Virginia Singer

Victoria Ware, Opinion and Culture Editor February 15, 2023

West Virginia songwriter Lady D is looking forward to an event at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center where she can observe and celebrate the history...

Black History Month Features Hip Hop in Appalachia Event

Joseph DiCristofaro, Student Reporter February 14, 2023

Hip-hop music, black culture and the Appalachian identity will be the topic of a panel discussion on the Marshall campus this week. The two-hour discussion...

Marshall’s Busiest Week During Black History Month

Bex Law, Student Reporter February 9, 2023

The busiest week in Marshall’s Black History Month celebration features four events ranging from lectures to musical performances.  The lecture “Black...

New Sculpture Exhibit to Raise Awareness for Black History Month

New Sculpture Exhibit to Raise Awareness for Black History Month

Emma Johnson, Student Reporter February 6, 2023

Local artists have the opportunity to show off what Appalachian Black History means to them in an upcoming sculpture exhibition.  The Radiant Communications...

Black History Month events will take place across Marshalls campus throughout the month

Black History Month Events Launch on Campus

Bex Law, Student Reporter January 31, 2023

With a theme of “Black Contribution in American Life and History,” Marshall University will celebrate Black History Month with events ranging from...

Speakers Announced for Black History Month

Megan Gragg, Reporter February 9, 2022

A professor whose research assisted on recent documentary films about the deadly 1921 Tulsa race massacre, will speak at Marshall University later this...

Woodson Lyceum hosts panel on minority health

Woodson Lyceum hosts panel on minority health

Madison Perdue, Reporter February 16, 2021

As the pandemic continues and the promise of immunization climbs, many African Americans across the country question the new vaccine’s reliability and...

Black history month essay winners announced

Sarah Ingram, Copy Editor February 29, 2020

Marshall University’s Carter G. Woodson Lyceum congratulated five high schoolers during the 2020 Carter G. Woodson Essay Competition, in which Cabell...

Trolley tour explores African American history

Trolley tour explores African American history

Ralph May, Reporter February 25, 2020

Important sites of Huntington’s African American history, as well as the guide’s upbringing and life, were explored by trolley passengers on Wednesday. Dr....

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