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The aim of the Black Graduate Student Association of Stanford University is to foster the intellectual, social, and cultural community of Black graduate students at Stanford University. To that aim, we envision and construct a thriving community characterized by joy, freedom, and intellectual curiosity. We focus on providing our members with academic and professional resources in addition to spons

oring events that not only cultivate black social experiences but ideally enhance the overall well-being of the black graduate student community at Stanford. We are committed to leveraging our
access to institutional resources to strengthen our communities and address the social, economic, environmental, and political barriers that we face, while also collaborating with organizations dedicated to achieving these goals both on and off-campus and developing programming to promote equity and liberation across Africa and the African diaspora.

This Wednesday!
03/07/2023

This Wednesday!

Stanford BGSA and BSU presents Fish Friday! Come study, relax, and dine at the Black House this Friday March 3rd at 5:00...
02/28/2023

Stanford BGSA and BSU presents Fish Friday! Come study, relax, and dine at the Black House this Friday March 3rd at 5:00 pm!

Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia. Cells stolen from her body without her knowledge were used to for...
02/14/2023

Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia. Cells stolen from her body without her knowledge were used to form the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research since that time. Lacks' case has sparked legal and ethical debates over the rights of an individual to their genetic material and tissue. If not for her, much of the research we see in modern science would not exist. Hela cells have been used to understand better how viruses work. They have played a crucial role in developing polio and COVID-19 Vaccines. Experimentation on African-Americans is not a new phenomenon, and Henrietta is just one example of this. She passed from cervical cancer in 1951. May her legacy and impact live on!

Zora Neale Hurston became a fixture of New York City's Harlem Renaissance due to her novels like "Their Eyes Were Watchi...
02/13/2023

Zora Neale Hurston became a fixture of New York City's Harlem Renaissance due to her novels like "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and shorter works like "Sweat." She was also an outstanding folklorist and anthropologist who recorded cultural history, as illustrated by Mules and Men. Unfortunately, Hurston died in 1960, before a revival of interest led to posthumous recognition of her accomplishments. Nonetheless, she is regarded as one of the most influential Black figures of her time.

Maria P. Williams is the first Black woman to write and produce a movie. The film "The Flames of Wrath." was released in...
02/10/2023

Maria P. Williams is the first Black woman to write and produce a movie. The film "The Flames of Wrath." was released in 1923, starring Maria herself. Not much is known about Maria Priscilla Williams. She and her husband Jesse L. Williams started the Western Film Producing Company and Booking Exchange in Kansas City, Missouri, sometime around 1920. Maria was a social activist and a teacher, and she had previously published a book, "My Work and Public Sentiment," in 1916. Press reports from 1923 announced "The Flames of Wrath" as a five-reel mystery written, acted, and produced entirely by Black people, and described Maria as secretary and treasurer of the Western Film Producing Co., a Negro corporation of Kansas City. Williams and her husband also worked at a movie theater. Their film company distributed her film to Black cinemas in the southeastern U.S.

Pinchback was born to a formerly enslaved person and her former enslaver. As a young man, he worked on steamships travel...
02/08/2023

Pinchback was born to a formerly enslaved person and her former enslaver. As a young man, he worked on steamships traveling the Mississippi, Red, and Missouri rivers, first as a cabin boy and then as a steward. When the American Civil War broke out, he served as an officer in the Union army. During Reconstruction, he entered Louisiana politics, becoming a state senator in 1868. He replaced Louisiana's lieutenant governor in 1871 after the lieutenant governor died in office. He then served as acting governor of the state between Dec. 9, 1872, and Jan. 13, 1873, during impeachment proceedings against the elected governor, Henry Clay Warmoth.
Pinchback won election to the House of Representatives in 1872 and the U.S. Senate in 1873. But white southerners challenged the results, and he was never permitted to assume either office. He then published his weekly newspaper, The Louisianian, which he oversaw from 1870 to 1881.

Born in Eboe, what is now Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery and later freed. His autobiography, The Interes...
02/08/2023

Born in Eboe, what is now Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery and later freed. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was written by himself in 1789 and became known as one of the most famous narratives of an enslaved person at that time. With its strong abolitionist stance and detailed description of life in Nigeria, it was so popular that in his lifetime it ran through nine English editions and one U.S. printing and was translated into Dutch, German, and Russian at the turn of the 21st century.

Carter G. Woodson was a scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of Black people led to the es...
02/06/2023

Carter G. Woodson was a scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of Black people led to the establishment of Black History Month, marked every February since 1976. Woodson fervently believed that Black people should be proud of their heritage and all Americans should understand the largely overlooked achievements of Black Americans. While we all know Black history should be celebrated all year, it is important for us to take this month to reflect on all of the greatness our people and culture bestows upon this world. Let's celebrate!

It's that time of the year! Happy Black History Month from your Stanford BGSA family!
02/02/2023

It's that time of the year! Happy Black History Month from your Stanford BGSA family!

Study Jamz are back for 2023! Head to EVGR-B 171 and start accomplishing your winter quarter goals. There will be snacks...
01/23/2023

Study Jamz are back for 2023! Head to EVGR-B 171 and start accomplishing your winter quarter goals. There will be snacks, tea and food from Back-A-Yard.

This Thursday! Relax and recharge with SBBO 🖤
12/13/2022

This Thursday! Relax and recharge with SBBO 🖤

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