Mizzou Headlines
- Feb. 22
Last Day to Drop a Course Without a Grade - March 7-25
Early Registration for Summer and Fall 2016 - March 26 - April 3
Spring Break
- Feb. 19-20
Social Justice Symposium - Feb. 23
Meklit Hadero: Music and Art - Feb. 24
Arlo Guthrie
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Elson Floyd
First black UM System president in 2003.
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Lucile Bluford
Challenges MU admissions policies in 1939.
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Arvarh Strickland
First black MU faculty member in 1969.
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Michael Middleton
First black faculty member in MU School of Law in 1985.
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Al Abram, Jr.
First African American to receive an athletic scholarship to Mizzou in 1956.
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Muriel Battle
First black principal in desegregated Columbia Public Schools in 1979.
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Jill Young
Elected first black Homecoming queen in 1971.
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Gus Ridgel
First African American to earn a graduate degree from MU in 1950.
Black History Month 2016
The University of Missouri celebrates black history and culture. Join us for a month-long series of events.