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“Tell Them We Are Rising,” the acclaimed documentary directed by Stanley Nelson will premiere at today at 8 p.m. on PBS. The film showcases the history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Southern University, which is featured prominently throughout the film, recently held a joint town hall and advance screening of the documentary along with Grambling State University.

Movie director and producer John Singleton, who rocketed to national attention with his first movie “Boyz n the Hood,” will speak at Southern University at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Union.

One of the most musically inclined students at Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) recently completed lead piano on an independent film that will premiere in the New Orleans Film Festival this October, in addition to a list of other noteworthy accomplishments.

Acclaimed actor Omar J. Dorsey will deliver the spring commencement address at Southern University Baton Rouge on Friday, May 10.

Three Mass Communication professors presented research papers at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 17-20, 2016.

SU's former Marching Band Director Isaac Greggs will be inducted into the Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame at a ceremony scheduled Saturday, June 22, in Baton Rouge.

Other Black History Month events at the library include movie screenings and quiz.