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Celebrating Black Excellence at Swarthmore College: Honoring Our Past, Imagining Our Futures

President Valerie Smith has dedicated the 2019-20 academic year to honoring and celebrating the contributions of Black Swarthmoreans, interrogating a complicated history, and marking significant anniversaries. Learn more.

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The Black Liberation 1969 Archive chronicles the history of the Black student protest movement at Swarthmore College.

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Black Excellence at Swarthmore: A Brief History

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Deondre Jordan '19 - Meet Swarthmore

The more you reach into Swarthmore and take all it has to offer, the more it will reach back to touch and transform your life.

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The College community kicked off Swarthmore’s yearlong celebration of Black Excellence with students, staff, and faculty packing Trotter Lawn to eat, laugh, and dance.

The College community kicked off Swarthmore’s yearlong celebration of Black Excellence on Friday, with students, staff, and faculty packing Trotter Lawn to eat, laugh, and dance.

Optimism for the year abounded as participants discussed their hopes and expectations for the yearlong celebration.

“This year, we must look to lift up those Black voices that have been silenced and ignored and give them the attention and credit they deserve,” said Joe Green '21.

Petrucci Family Foundation Fellows Brandon Ekweonu ’20 presents his project “Hip Hop InFluence: The Fluency of Hip Hop as a Language for Communicating Consciousness and History.”

Petrucci Family Foundation Fellows Brandon Ekweonu ’20, presents his project “Hip Hop InFluence: The Fluency of Hip Hop as a Language for Communicating Consciousness and History.”

The 'Vision and Equity: Black Cultural Centers in 21st Century Higher Education' panel discussion featured college and university Black cultural center directors from around the country.

Do you have stories to share? Questions about upcoming events? Please let us know at  blackexcellence@swarthmore.edu