I hope that everyone had a great time at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum in Baltimore! This Sunday is our second worship service. Minister Doug Wright of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church will lead the sermon, and the Mt. Lebanon Mass Choir and Praise Team will lead praise and worship. Please come out for a holy afternoon in Natali 206 at 4 p.m.
This will be the last BSU Corner for February. It has been a great Black History Month and I hope that you have enjoyed our events. Please continue to stay involved with the BSU! We have meetings every Thursday at 5 p.m. in Carter Hall Multipurpose Room. Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Yours in Blackness,
JC

Black History Spotlight: W.E.B Du Bois
W.E.B Du Bois was born February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Miss.. Unlike Booker T. Washington, whom after the Civil War placed an emphasis on vocational education to uplift the black race, Du Bois placed an emphasis on higher education and representation in political office. He invented the idea of the “talented tenth,” in which 10 percent of all black men in America will become leaders of their race. In addition to being a known advocate for higher education, he also was an advocate for Pan-Africanism, civil rights and women’s rights. In 1905, he co-founded the Niagara Movement with William Monroe Trotter. Although a short-lived organization, their ideas of ending white supremacy and disenfranchisement would be adopted in a 1909 meeting in New York. This meeting laid the foundation for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), also co-founded by Du Bois. The organization still exists today, and has expanded to more than 435,000 members.
“Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.”
– W.E.B. Du Bois