Spotlight Exhibit Tour and Open House: Football and Community at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
102 Hesburgh Library, Rare Books and Special Collections
Please join us in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections for a moderated tour of the spotlight exhibit, “Football and Community at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Curator Greg Bond, Sports Archivist and Sports Subject Specialist for Hesburgh Libraries, will introduce the exhibit and answer any questions. The exhibit tour will be accompanied by an open house featuring additional items and objects on display from the Joyce Sports Research Collection related to the history of HBCU football and the history of African American athletes.
Brief remarks by the curator about the exhibit will begin at 2:15pm, but visitors will be able to see the exhibit and browse the additional historical material on display for the open house at any time between 2:00pm and 4:00pm.
This event is co-sponsored by the Sport, Media, and Culture Minor.
The University of Notre Dame hosts Tennessee State University in its home opener on Saturday, September 2nd at 3:30PM in Notre Dame Stadium. The game will mark the first time in program history the Irish will face a Historically Black College and University.
