CUNY Academic Commons

1984-1985

Medgar Wiley Evers is awarded the Presidential Medal of FreedomOn May 3, 2024 President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the […]

Chris Cook. Black Lives Matter, 2023 The exhibition including more than 100 photographs by Chris Cook offered by the Valentine Museum of Art was displayed in the Library […]

Marcia Wilson (curator). Telling Our Story, 2019 Telling Our Story is a series of black & white and color photographs featuring people of the African diaspora. Their diverse and rich […]

Donovan Nelson. The Students, 2017 . The exhibition The Students: A Study of Color and Light by Donovan Nelson is the inaugural event in series of exhibitions […]

Otto Neals. Watercolors, 2024 Otto Neals is a world-renowned painter, sculptor, and printmaker and one of the most respected visual artists in our lifetime. His […]

Lansing Area Friends of SNCC

A Salute to Southern Students, 1963

Medgar Evers and Mississippi: The Anatomy of Martyrdom

SNCC Constitution, 1962

SNCC Programs, 1963

History of SNCCSNCC was founded in 1960, at an April meeting of sit-in leaders on the campus of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ella Baker was the […]

Center for Black Literature Origin Story The Center for Black Literature (CBL) was established at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York in 2002 by Dr. Brenda Greene, […]

National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) is a four-day gathering first presented by the Humanities Division at Medgar Evers College of the […]

Center for Black Literature Core Programs . In 2003, CBL began partnering with local elementary, middle, and high schools to present a culturally responsive approach using the […]

Writers on Writing (WOW) Writers on Writing with Dr. Brenda M. Greene is a weekly radio program on WNYE, 91.5 FM in the New York metropolitan area that was launched in […]

Community Collaborations & Special Events To cultivate an appreciative, multigenerational audience for Black literary arts and culture, the Center for Black Literature partners with a […]

Killens Review of Arts & Letters Launched at the 10th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) in 2010 in honor of the author, educator, and activist John Oliver Killens, […]

20th Anniversary Jubilee The 20th Anniversary Jubilee: A Cultural and Literary Celebration in 2022 honored Cheryl Wills an Emmy Award-winning journalist for Spectrum […]