![A makeshift memorial placed during protests over the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. Photo by Jamelle Bouie via Wikimedia Commons.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CoRP_Feguson_Germain_10Feb2023.jpg.webp?itok=6DKO4iE-)
February 10, 2023
St. Louis-based writer, journalist, and poet Jacqui Germain will read from and discuss her debut collection of poetry, “Bittering the Wound,” a first-person retelling of the uprising in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer.
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January 31, 2023
CSUSB will honor the culture, accomplishments and heritage of African Americans in the United States in a variety of events throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month.