![Throughout Black History Month, there will be events and activities that promote camaraderie, showcase Black culture and art, and celebrate the diversity that makes up the Coyote family.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2025/24_7777%20SA_Black%20History%20Month%202025%20%28BANNER%29.jpg.webp?itok=REgJG3gg)
CSUSB's annual Black History Month celebration will offer a variety of events at the San Bernardino and Palm Desert campuses that highlight the culture, achievements and contributions of the African American community, while recognizing the trailblazers who have paved the way both past and present.
![Art scupture, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-Art_18.jpg.webp?itok=aJS7BUAV)
Andre Harrington, Kathryn Ervin and Kristi Papailler (all theatre arts) were included in an article about community reflections on Black History Month, and Meredith Conroy (political science) joined FiveThirtyEight staff and contributors in an as-it-happened online analysis of the Super Tuesday primaries.
![From left, Dee Bowen (Pioneer Staff Award), Patricia L. Nickols-Butler (Community Icon Award), Dale West (Pioneer Administrator Award), Cassandra Butcher (Emerging Leader Award), and Maria Najera-Neri (Lorraine Frost Award) were honorees at the 11th annual Pioneer Breakfast held on Feb. 23 at the Santos Manuel Student Union North.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/23_6986_Pioneer%20Breakfast_Banner.jpg.webp?itok=8N2z7yx4)
The 11th annual Pioneer Breakfast, “A Tapestry of Time: Celebrating Our Enduring Legacy,” recognized community members, campus partners, and student scholarship recipients on Feb. 23 with more than 350 guests in attendance.
![CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales speaks at the California State University’s 2024 Super Sunday event on Feb. 25 at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in San Bernardino.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Morales_SuperSunday_.jpg.webp?itok=H8fyVhwd)
Cal State San Bernardino President Tomás D. Morales shared the message of the importance of a college education at St. Paul AME Church in San Bernardino as part of the California State University’s statewide Super Sunday.
![Kamilah Moore](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHM_Afrontalo_KamilahMoore_22Feb2024.jpg.webp?itok=L3BNcPTH)
Kamilah Moore, chair of the California Reparations Task Force, will present “Reparations Now in California!” in person and online. Her talk, which is part of the CSUSB Anthropology Museum exhibition, “Afróntalo,” begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 29.
![CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales speaks at the California State University’s 2023 Super Sunday event at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in San Bernardino.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHM_SuperSunday_Morales_19Feb2024.jpg.webp?itok=_bZGk1L5)
The California State University’s Super Sunday, set for Feb. 25, is an initiative that focuses on the importance of higher education. Black and African American congregations across California will receive presentations from CSU officials.
![Students meeting as part of the African American Coyote Rising session, June 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHMCoyote%20Rising_2022_BlackRoseAward.jpg.webp?itok=Ut8tUYLb)
The Jim King Founders Award honors organizations that have supported the Black community. University President Tomás D. Morales will accept the award for CSUSB at San Bernardino Black Culture Foundation’s 31st annual Black Rose Awards gala on Friday, Feb. 23.
![Sedrick Spencer](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Homepage%20%5BPOST%5D%20Banner%20-23_5988%20CSUSB_Sedrick%20Spencer%20Feature%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=g0fwDWdN)
Alumnus Sedrick Spencer highlights the importance of higher education and paying it forward.
![Walker Beverly](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_BHM_WalkerBeverly__0.jpg.webp?itok=8xjq1MTR)
Walker Beverly is the founder of Advancing Steps, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society.