Roxane Gay is this year’s medal recipient at the 46th annual Langston Hughes Festival on Feb. 13.
Student Life, in the Division of Student Affairs at The City College of New York, kicks off Black History Month 2025 with a Spring Activity Fair on Feb. 6 from 12-2 p.m. in the Great Hall. On Feb. 13 from 6-8 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall, CCNY’s Black Studies Department and The Rifkind Center presents the 46th annual Langston Hughes Festival, and this year’s Langston Hughes Medal recipient is Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author and noted scholar.
A list of Black History Month events follows:
- Langston Hughes Festival Student Symposium on Feb. 13 from 12 -2 p.m. in Aaron Davis Hall;
- Langston Hughes Festival Fundraising Breakfast on Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. in Shepard Hall, Room 250;
- CCNY’s Black Male Initiative and Urban Mentoring and Achievement Network Frederick Douglass Leadership Luncheon on Feb. 20 from 12:30-2 p.m. in the NAC Ballroom;
- Black History Month Trivia Contest and Game Night on Feb. 25 from 5-7 p.m. in the NAC Ballroom;
- The Zahn Innovation Center’s documentary screening of “Coded Bias” on Feb. 25 in collaboration with the Black Studies Department; and
- CCNY’s LGBTQ+ Student Center presents Souls of Queer Black Folk: Queering Black History Month on Feb. 27 from 12-2 p.m. This is a hybrid event held in NAC, Room 1/101B and over Zoom.
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