Tagged: Hale Black Cultural Center

Students were welcomed back with open arms Friday as the Hale Center hosted its annual Family Affair and Reunion to kick off the school year. Students mingled near Hale Hall as they checked out tables dedicated to student organizations, programs and services geared toward Black-identifying students.  As some visitors munched on catered food, others tried their hand at games including Double Dutch, jumbo Connect Four, doing the limbo, and cornhole.

The role of advocacy and activism in art, the future of Black art in Columbus, and how institutions can best collaborate with communities took the spotlight during a discussion that was the centerpiece of the Hale Black Cultural Center's 4th annual Juneteenth Celebration Thursday.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion mourns the loss of Dr. William “Bill” F. Pickard, a staunch supporter of ODI, who died on June 12, 2024.

Larry Williamson spent a career making the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center into a community pillar of Ohio State, a home away from home for generations of students.

On Tuesday, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion honored that work as friends, family, colleagues, and former students gathered to honor Williamson's service and celebrate his 2024 Distinguished Service Award, the university's highest staff award.

Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, but his legacy extends far beyond that day in Washington, D.C. As the face of the Civil Rights Movement, King devoted his life to fighting for social justice through numerous avenues, from community service to organized boycotts. Now, more than 50 years after his death, recipients of ODI's MLK Scholarship are following in King's footsteps.

Since the opening day of the Hale Black Cultural Center in 1989, Director Larry Williamson has been a central figure helping to shape a critical gathering spot in Ohio State's rich cultural history.

Initially recruited as a young graduate student in art education to curate the Hale Center's art collection, Williamson has guided the center's growth in recent decades after being passed the baton by the center's namesake, Dr. Frank Hale.

Speaker Julianne Malveaux notes MLK pushed to restructure American economy

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and a passionate fighter for equality and freedom. But he was also an economist with a keen eye and strong beliefs about how the American economy should be radically restructured to lift up poor folks.

Urging listeners to pay attention to their own moral conscience, CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates said Americans must continue to advance the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. even when it seems in vain.

A priceless collection of Black art collected over the past 40 years and displayed within the Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center will forever be known as the Lawrence K. Williamson Jr. Black Fine Art Collection.