February is known as Black History Month, a month of celebration to honor African Americans who have transformed our country in a positive way. Here at LSU, Black History Month is full of many different events
“There’s something for everybody. From pageants to poetry nights to outdoor type of performance type show, there’s all sorts of things in there,” said LaKeitha Poole, Coordinator for African American Student Affairs.
Every week features a new event with the first event kicking off Tuesday.
It’s been 50 years since the first African American student came to LSU. How does this month affect our campus?
“For me as a staff person, I think my inspiration of course has to come from the students who get involved in helping them either realize or conceptualize what Black History Month means to them,” LaKeitha Poole said.
“Black History Month is like an annual celebration to celebrate the roles we play as African Americans and the contributions we dedicated to the United States as in time,” said Jasmine Jackson, LSU Senior.
“The fact that we have a black month draws attention to the fact that we need a month for people to pay attention. If everybody cared about everybody, we wouldn’t need a black history month. There’s no white history month because it’s America,” one LSU student said.
Black history month means something different to everyone, but it’s not just a celebration for African Americans. These events are for everyone no matter where you come from
“To be able to think of new and creative ways to make Black History Month feel like it is for everyone and not just for our African American students so that people will feel like ‘Oh wow! There’s a pageant’ and who cares that it’s really featuring black students but that I love pageants let me just go,” LaKeitha Poole said.