Black History Month
February 2025: African Americans and Labor
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has announced that the national theme for Black History Month 2025 is African Americans and Labor. It focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds—free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary—intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
As part of FIT’s Black History Month activities, we will present research and other works of faculty and staff that are relevant to this topic. Programming on the theme will come from within our own community and will be presented during the month of February.
Programming may range from panel discussions and interviews to exhibitions of art, literature, and poetry to research material and white papers—any medium that allows us to come together as a college community to discuss, better understand, remember, and celebrate African Americans and Labor.
Most of FIT's Black History Month programming is for the FIT community only. Individual events that are open to the public will be noted below. After some programs have aired, they will be available on-demand and posted here.
Events
Exhibition: Social Responsibilities of Museums
January 21–April 20, 2025
Gladys Marcus Library, Fourth Floor Exhibition Case
Reception: February 24, 3:30–4:30 pm
Black Student Union Exhibition: Threads of Legacy
February 1–28, 2025
Feldman Center Lobby
Virtual Gallery and Exhibit: Ann Lowe’s Life and Legacy as an American Couturier
February 1–28, 2025
Feldman Center Lobby
FIT Photo Talks 2025: Myles Loftin
February 4, 1–2 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
ARTSpeak: Oasa DuVerney
February 11, 2:15–3:15 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC — MORE DETAILS
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Adolphus Washington
February 12, 5:30–7 pm
Art and Design Gallery Second Floor Studio, Pomerantz Center, Room D223
UCE of FIT Black History Month Event: Resistance and Rebellion Through Beats
February 18, noon–2 pm
Robert Lagary Board Room, Feldman Center, Ninth Floor
Shifting the Culture: The Journey of Black Creatives Making an Impact on Their Industry
February 27, 6–8 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC — MORE DETAILS