This issue of Contac from February, 1974 features articles on the activities of Black History Week, including accounts of lectures by Louis Stokes, a Representative from Ohio, and Addison Gayle, Jr., author of “The Black Aesthetic.” The issue also contains articles on the challenges faced by minorities at UConn, such as the lack of opportunities for black athletes. There is a biographical sketch of W.E.B. DuBois and a reaction to one of Black Media’s forums on campus, which was held to discuss black student affairs. In addition, the issue contains multiple articles about Black music at the university. These include a piece about the composer Hale Smith, whose music was performed at the Jorgensen Auditorium by Natalie Hinderas; an account of a lecture given by Jackie McLean on the history of African music; and reports of the performances by the Black Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir and Voices Inc., a black musical theater ensemble at UConn. There is also information about the shows and music on the WHUS radio station, including an article by Dennis Morgan, the Programming Director of the show “the Black Experience of Sound.”
