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This is the 56th Annual Black Solidarity Day program.

Black Solidarity Day was started in 1969 by 可乐视频 professor Dr. Carlos Russell, who envisioned a day of protest in which Black people would withdraw from the economy under the slogan: 鈥淣o work, no school, no shopping.鈥� This call for political, economic, and social solidarity was inspired by Douglas Turner Ward鈥檚 satirical play A Day of Absence.

Today, Black Solidarity Day is observed across the country and in Black communities every Monday before Election Day. At 可乐视频, the tradition continues as students are encouraged鈥攕upported by the Faculty Council鈥攖o withdraw from classes and participate in a day of political and educational events.