{"id":96858,"date":"2026-01-29T03:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=96858"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:47:18","slug":"utoledo-celebrates-black-history-month-throughout-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_29_2026\/utoledo-celebrates-black-history-month-throughout-february","title":{"rendered":"UToledo Celebrates Black History Month Throughout February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As February approaches, The University of Toledo will honor Black History Month with a full slate of events designed to celebrate the history, culture and contributions of African Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by various student organizations and campus partners, the programming invites the Rocket community to engage in meaningful conversations, cultural experiences and shared celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack history is a foundational and fundamental piece of all history,\u201d said Black Student Union President Cole Fullen. \u201cThe encouragement of Black history should be to teach, grow and strengthen all minds by way of conversations and celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offerings range from vendor pop-ups and trivia nights to cultural culinary experiences and long-standing campus traditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black History Month events include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Feb. 5<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>BSU Pop-Up: Black Excellence in Business<\/strong>, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carlson Library<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Feb. 12<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Taste the Vibes: African and Caribbean Cuisine Night<\/strong>, from 8 to 10 p.m., Thompson Student Union Ingman Room<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Feb. 18<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Black History Month: African Diaspora Trivia Night<\/strong>, from 5 to 6 p.m., Thompson Student Union Room 3022<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Feb. 19<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Hot Takes and Hot Cocoa<\/strong>, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thompson Student Union Room 2584<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Black History Trivia<\/strong>, from 6 to 8 p.m., Thompson Student Union Room 2582<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Feb. 24<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>56th Annual BSU Fashion Show<\/strong>, 7 p.m., Thompson Student Union Auditorium<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Feb. 27<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 <strong>Black History Month Movie Screening<\/strong>, 6 p.m., Doermann Theater<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Black History Month programming, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/invonet.utoledo.edu\/events?categories=11486\">Involvement Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_29_2026\/utoledo-celebrates-black-history-month-throughout-february\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Black-History-Month-150x150.png\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Graphic that says Black History Month Feb. 1-28.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>The University will host a slate of events, beginning with the Black Student Union Pop-Up: Black Excellence in Business, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Carlson Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":907,"featured_media":96860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,47,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96862,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96858\/revisions\/96862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}