The University Libraries is pleased to host the Black Lives Matter Poster Project, an exhibition located on the third floor of the Oscar A. Silverman Library. The posters featured in this exhibition draw attention to the issues confronting marginalized individuals and groups who suffer from systemic racism.
As UB students returned to campus for the fall 2020 semester, they faced the aftermath of widespread protests across the nation and the world. Sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while being arrested by police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, the protests focused renewed attention on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Responding to this important moment in our nation’s history, the University at Buffalo’s Campus Living and Intercultural and Diversity Center, in partnership with UB’s Student Life Social Justice Advisory Group, launched the Black Lives Matter Poster Project, an initiative acknowledging that the University at Buffalo community supports and promotes racial equity.
The Black Lives Matter Poster Project gives UB students, faculty and staff of all races the opportunity to share their perspectives in their own words, and each individual’s meaningful response clearly articulates why Black Lives Matter to them.