In February 2020, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first Black History Month celebrations in the United States, the GSD’s African American Design Nexus (AADN) invited the community to recommend books that contribute to our collective conversation on race and design. Those submissions became “A Call To Explore: Design, Race, and the Built Environment,” an open-access bibliography aimed at uplifting “diverse voices and perspectives of the past and present while also inspiring a paradigm shift for the future of pedagogy and practice.”
This Black History Month, we asked Tara Oluwafemi (MArch I ’22), host of The Nexus podcast and member of the team that established “A Call To Explore,” to expand the resource list by curating a series of various design-minded media centered on the work of Black creatives. Including exhibitions, events, podcasts, and more, this collection highlights a range of projects and initiatives that celebrate Black creativity all year round.