The BHM planning committee has chosen the theme "For Us, By Us," which is inspired by Solange's critically acclaimed 2016 album, A Seat at the Table.  Rolling Stone hails the album as a "record about black survival in 2016; a combination of straight talk and refracted R&B for what she calls her "project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief and healing."  Join in for a month of educational, celebratory, and rejuvenating events sure to empower you!  The full month calendar will be at https://oiir.illinois.edu/black-history-month-2017.  

For more information contact Tekita Bankhead at: tbankhea@illinois.edu.