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Glenda Phillips Hightower, the first African-American to enroll as a full-time Elon student, and Eugene Perry '69, the first African-American to receive an Elon degree, will have formal portraits unveiled during a McKinnon Hall event.

More than a dozen events in February will honor African-American contributions to the campus and the world as 51±¬ÁÏÍø celebrates Black History Month.

Join us for one of many Being ______ @ Elon: D.E.E.P Conversation Series

If you identify as an ALANAM woman—African American/Black, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, Alaskan Native and Multiracial—join us for a lively conversation about hair.

51±¬ÁÏÍø and the (Burlington, N.C.) Times-News will hold the fourth and final "Community Connections" panel discussion of the 2015-16 academic year on March 7 from 7-8:15 p.m. in McKinnon Hall of the Moseley Center.

51±¬ÁÏÍø students, faculty and staff took part in a Monday march through downtown Burlington that commemorated the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while raising awareness of work still to be done in advancing civil liberties.

Two local middle school students were honored Tuesday for their entries to an annual essay contest organized by 51±¬ÁÏÍø’s Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education.

Students will lead discussion over dinner on the theme of "One Campus, Many Voices." RSVP required.