# @arcadiaalumni on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-02-10T17:00:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Arcadia University Alumni (@arcadiaalumni) — https://gondola.cc/arcadiaalumni

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The Association of Beaver College Blacks (ABCB) was created by students as an affinity group in 1968, after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The small group of fewer than a dozen students demanded more equity on campus, supported by Professor Horace Woodland. In 1984, ABCB was renamed the Black Awareness Society, an organization still on Arcadia University’s campus. The Association is still in contact with each other to this day, and the emphasis on providing a holistic environment at Arcadia for students to engage, resource, dream, and evolve is something upheld by today’s university educators and personnel. 

To honor the work of these impactful women, a public art project is being created with current Arcadia students and resident artist NE Brown. It will consist of two benches with a planter centerpiece, as well as QR codes where visitors can listen to ABCB oral history. The planter will be created using student-made mosaic tiles, some of which containing newspaper articles written by ABCB members. 

Once completed, the interviews will be archived and housed in Arcadia University’s Archives. One of the main focuses of Arcadia University’s Public Art Project, through the FA378.3 Entrepreneurship/Gallery Apprenticeship course, is to provide apprenticeship and guidance to participating students that they otherwise may not have had access to. Arcadia’s Public Art Projects continue to highlight the impactful stories within our community. Stay tuned for more details on the reveal of this historical art piece!

This story was published in the latest edition of the Arcadia Magazine. Read the full-version at the LINK IN BIO!

#ArcadiaAlumni #BlackHistoryMonth #ArcadiaUniversity #BeaverCollege

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