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University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Athletics Celebrates Black History Month 2023
February marks Black History Month, an important time to remember and recognize Black people who have meant so much to our history while we also to continue to have conversations about our present and future.
Black History Month 2022
Black History Month 2021
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FEATURE STORIES
Read more about Tar Heels making a difference with feature stories that will be archived here throughout the month.
Madias Looper: A Passion For Impact And Change For Good
Trio Set For Black History Month Recognition
TAR HEEL TRAILBLAZERS
On GoHeels.com, you can read about the 12 former African-American student-athletes who have received Tar Heel Trailblazer awards and what they've been up to since being honored. Since its inception in 2014, the award celebrates individuals who paved the way for success in all aspects of the student-athlete experience. New Tar Heel Trailblazers are selected ever other year and were most recently honored last year.The Tar Heel Trailblazer award recipients are:
2014 - Courtney Bumpers, Robyn Hadley, Ricky Lanier and Charlie Scott
2015 - Charles Waddell, Karen Stevenson and Stuart Scott
2016 - Sharon Couch and Phil Ford
2018 - Peter Henry and Rochelle Small-Toney
2020 - Willie Cooper
2022 - Synthia Scott Kearney and Reggie McAfee
SOCIAL MEDIA
Videos
Be sure to also follow @GoHeels on Twitter for Black History Month content, including these highlights:As much as she was a competitor for @uncwomenssoccer on the field, @b_pinto9 has been a leader off it working to support DEI initiatives both on campus and for the sport of soccer.
— UNC Tar Heels (@GoHeels) February 7, 2023
Narrated by @HeatherOReilly, we're proud to feature Brianna Pinto 🎥⤵️#GoHeels x #BHM pic.twitter.com/pkcmhWKE5D
Lisa Caldwell & Lauren Caldwell Lea are former UNC cheerleaders now leading the Black-, women-, and family-owned Caldwell Collection that creates stylish women's gameday attire.
— UNC Tar Heels (@GoHeels) February 13, 2023
Narrated by our own @MBallenUNC, we're proud to feature the mother-daughter duo 🎥⤵️#GoHeels x #BHM pic.twitter.com/ukV5Sy9XWB
A graduate of @UNC's M.F.A. program, he's a groundbreaking artist whose dramatic plays inspire audiences to consider the raw truths of this nation's history on race.
— UNC Tar Heels (@GoHeels) February 21, 2023
Narrated by Carolina Athletics' @Tony2Talents, we're proud to feature Mike Wiley 🎥⤵️#GoHeels x #BHM pic.twitter.com/ENowF5xVas
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center (@UNCStoneCenter) stands partly because of the courage and persistence of several @UNCFootball student-athletes. They protested, marched and even kneeled to make their voices heard.
— UNC Tar Heels (@GoHeels) February 27, 2023
More from football alum & Sr. Assoc. AD @DFin50 🗣️#GoHeels x #BHM pic.twitter.com/svdvQ0sDPj
Other Social Media Posts
What does Black History Month mean to @kamarimorales?
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) February 3, 2023
Hear from him in his own words 🗣️#CarolinaFootball 🏈 #BHM pic.twitter.com/Rz9V7mBvq3
🗣 𝐼𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. #GoHeels | #BHM pic.twitter.com/Mshxy20Mm9
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 4, 2023
Wise words from former President Barack Obama as we celebrate Black History Month!#CarolinaFootball x #BHM pic.twitter.com/xQ4umOgca6
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) February 6, 2023
🗣 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑎𝑟.#GoHeels | #BHM | @Onlymaluu | @Oprah pic.twitter.com/PbUGaipeft
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 8, 2023
What does Black History Month mean to @jjjones_5?
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) February 10, 2023
Hear from him in his own words 🗣️#CarolinaFootball 🏈 #BHM pic.twitter.com/7jxMAWAgj2
A thought on measuring success from Booker T. Washington on this Monday. #CarolinaFootball x #BHM pic.twitter.com/4SHgLoAaAV
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) February 13, 2023
🗣 𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦. @dejakelly25 🤝 @maejemison #GoHeels | #BHM pic.twitter.com/fNm6FLrwV9
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 15, 2023
🗣 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚𝑝ℎ 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡.
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 17, 2023
– Nelson Mandela#GoHeels | #BHM | @Ktoddwilli pic.twitter.com/0q5kvSlThV
As part of today's Black History Month celebration, we're partnering with the Carolina Black Caucus to honor three outstanding community members, including one of our own alums 👣🏀
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 19, 2023
🔗: https://t.co/gfk6jtFprq#GoHeels | #BHM pic.twitter.com/KgjA5EgPc8
As part of today's Black History Month celebration, we're partnering with the Carolina Black Caucus to honor three outstanding community members, including one of our own alums 👣🏀
— Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) February 19, 2023
🔗: https://t.co/gfk6jtFprq#GoHeels | #BHM pic.twitter.com/KgjA5EgPc8
Some words of encouragement from Harriet Tubman on this Monday. #CarolinaFootball x #BHM pic.twitter.com/fRCdi8GDb9
— Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) February 20, 2023
On Campus
Vincent Brown is on a mission to open minds to a much broader view of American history, one that incorporates Black History as world history. Learn about his upcoming talk at the #UNC Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month Lecture on Feb. 22 https://t.co/SM4Dwg1Hgn pic.twitter.com/9SJNoXC78G
— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 20, 2023
#UNC will celebrate Black History Month with events including lectures, performances and exhibitions throughout February. Learn how the inaugural Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month lecture will lead this year's celebration https://t.co/F8m6vGMCqL
— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 1, 2023
When they set foot on campus in 1951, #UNC’s Black pioneers broke down barriers for the generations of students who followed. Learn more about the Tar Heels whose fearlessness transformed Carolina https://t.co/qnzoCNlXGm
— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 9, 2023
ONLINE RESOURCES
On Campus: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will celebrate Black History Month with various events throughout February, including lectures, panels and performances.
This year’s highlights are scheduled to include:
- An exhibition opening on Feb. 2 at the Stone Center Galley explores the phenomenon of physical resistance by African captives caught up in the grip of European slavery.
- The Black Student Movement’s Black History Month Committee and the UNC Albums and Records Society are hosting a Guess That Artist event on Feb. 2. Follow the Black Student Movement for more events to come this month.
- The 2023 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Feb. 23 will be delivered by Howard University professor Ana Lucia Araujo with a presentation titled “Slavery as History and Memory.”
- A theatrical performance of “Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till” will be presented by acclaimed actor and playwright, Mike Wiley, and hosted by Digital and Lifelong Learning on Feb. 26.
More information on the UNC-CH celebration of Black History Month 2023
View a full calendar of campus events at the Office for Diversity and Inclusion website