Editor’s note: Eamon Dunn is the culture editor of the Cynic. Miles McCallum is the historian of the Black Student Union. With the Cynic being a predominantly white newsroom, McCallum was invited to...

In response to Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020, the Burlington City Council put together the Burlington Reparations Task Force, said Rebecca Zietlow, associate dean at the University of Toledo...

The Black Student Union creates a space of community for Black students at UVM, said senior Miles McCallum, president of the BSU. Although formally recognized by the SGA in 2004, McCallum said BSU took...

UVM hosted “Looking back and looking ahead: Manifesting the dream of inclusive Excellence,” a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Jan. 25 to kick off Black History Month which begins in February.  The...

Adorned in museum-like cultural exhibits and performances, the Davis Center transformed into a rich celebration of Black History Month. On the night of Feb. 24, Campus Programs, Black Student Union,...

Booming notes of energetic hip-hop mixed with R&B rhythm echoes from Nectar’s each week. Every Thursday night, Burlington bar and music venue, Nectar’s, hosts an event called First Taste.  It...

Black History Month is meant to highlight the accomplishments of black people throughout history, but this February’s news has revolved around white public figures’ history of racism. The democratic...

At the kick-off to this year’s Black History Month celebration at UVM, dancers used their feet, hands and mouths to make music perfectly in time with their movements. Traveling dance troupe Step...

For 73 years, UVM fraternity members danced in blackface and satin tuxedos during the longest running winter carnival in the country. At its peak in the 1960s, this event, known as the Kake Walk, was...